Add MS 57715

R.U.S.I. MAPS. Vol. LXXX (1-20). Maps largely relating to the American War of Independence.

1. 'Plan of Castine', by 'F. A. G.'; March 1816. 1:15840. Scale bar of 880 yards (= 2 inches). Map oriented with South-East at top. The plan was previously owned by F. A. Griffith RA. R.U.S.I. no. A 30.30.

165 x 245mm.

2. 'A draught of the towns of Boston and Charles Town and the circumjacent country . . . during the campaign 1776'. 1:26200 approx. 'A scale of 100 yards' (= 1.375 inches). The map shows works 'thrown up' by British and by American troops. Cf. Add. 15535, f. 5. Presented to the Institution by Col. Sir A. S. Frazer. R.U.S.I. no. A 30.25.

425 x 445mm.

3. Rhode Island and environs; bef. 1776. 1:48000 approx. Scale of '4000 feet or 1333 yards to an inch'. Scale bar of 4000 yards (= 2.75 inches). A similar engraved map of Rhode Island and the harbour, etc., was published by J. W. F. Des Barres in 1776. Presented to the Institution by Col. Sir A. S. Frazer. R.U.S.I. no. A 29.19.

675 x 915mm.

4. 'Plan of the position wch the Army under LtGenl Burgoyne took at Saratoga on the 10th Septr 1777 and which remained until after the convention was signed'. 1:7200. 'The scale 200 yards to one inch'. This perspective plan of the British and American battle positions in September and October 1777 was probably drawn by an English officer; there is a note on the map reading 'U. Rebels barracks wch were afterwards burned'. A smaller version of this map eas printed in C. Stedman, History and origin, progress and termination of the American War (1793). Presented to the Institution by Col. Sir A. S. Frazer. R.U.S.I. no. A 30.14.

490 x 715mm.

5. 'Plan of the position of the army under the command of Lieut. Genl Burgoyne near Still Water . . . 20th Septr 1777'. 1:7200. Scale bar of 1200 yards (= 6 inches). Map oriented with South at top. Presented to the Institution by Col. Sir A. S. Frazer. R.U.S.I. no. A 30.15.

535 x 715mm.

6. 'Sketch of Forts Clinton and Montgomery stormed 6th October 1777 by the troops under the command of Sir Henry Clinton KBE . . .'. No scale given. 'No.357' in ink on verso. R.U.S.I. no. B 453.

600 x 1050mm.

7. 'A plan of the Forts Montgomery & Clinton as taken by His Majesty's Forces under the command of Genl Sir Henry Clinton the 6th of October 1777. Surv. by Major Holland, Surv. Genl of the Northern District of North America'. 1:6000 approx. 'Scale of 1/2 statute mile' (= 5.25 inches). '188' in ink on verso. Presented to the Institution by Col. Sir A. S. Frazer. R.U.S.I. no. A 30.49.

420 x 565mm.

8. Plan of New York Island and the Narrows (title on verso), possibly by B. Ratzer (cf. Add. 57712, f. 4 and 57713, f. 3); 1781. 1:31680. 'Scale 5 miles' (= 10 inches). Cf. K. Top. CXXI.34, and Add. 16367, f.l. Presented to the Institution by Col. Sir A. S. Frazer. R.U.S.I. no. A 29.72.

535 x 1115mm.

9. 'Plans & sections of houses for officers & barracks for soldiers near the city of Philadelphia', by Benjamin Loxley (name stamped in ink); circa 1757. 1:480. 'Scale of 40 feet to an inch'. Scale bar of 360 feet (= 9 inches). There are five elevations and a large-scale plan of the location, with a key and notes signed by Loxley on an separate sheet (f. 9*). '229' in ink on verso; also 'A 90', but this may not be an Amherst no.

3 sheets, joined, 1230 x 380mm.

10. Battle of Bladensburg, 24 Aug. 1814: title reads 'Sketch of the march of the British Army under General Ross from the 19th to the 29th of Augt'; 1814. 1:158400. 'Scale of ten miles' (= 4 inches). Inset 'Sketch of the engagement on the 24th Augt 1814 between the British and American forces': 1:15840. 'Scale bar of one mile' (= 4 inches). Copy by W. Siborn. A note on the verso refers to 'M.P.H. 136(2), forming W.O. 78/1059', at the Public Record Office, as the original sketch of the map. R.U.S.I. no. A 30.1.

245 x 250mm.

11. 'March of the army under Lieutt General Earl Cornwallis in Virginia from the junction at Petersburg on the 20th of May till their arrival at Portsmouth on the 12th of July 1781'; aft. 1781. No scale given. Presented to the Institution by Col. Sir A. S. Frazer. R.U.S.I. no. A 29.35.

390 x 550mm.

12. Map of Yorktown, and environs; 1781. No scale given. French. Very similar to Add. 57715, f. 3. Presented to the Institution by Col. Sir A. S. Frazer. R.U.S.I. no. A 30.8.

545 x 690mm.

13. Map of the 'investment' of York and Gloucester, 'surveyed and laid down by Sebastin Bauman, Major of the New York or 2nd Regt. of Artillery'; 1781. 1:13100 approx. Scale bar of 2000 yards (= 5.5 inches). The map is dedicated to 'His Excellency Genl Washington Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States of America'. The map marks Washington's and Lincoln's headquarters, and 'the field where the British laid down their arms'. Bauman (b.1739, d.1803) was an engineer in the Austrian Imperial Army who emigrated to America after 1750 and fought in the French and Indian Wars before taking up command in the Revolutionary War. He appears to have begun his survey immediately after Cornwallis's defeat; the finished plan was printed in Philadelphia in 1782. Cf. Add. 15535, f. 6, a much smaller map, which may possibly be a copy of the present map. Presented to the Institution by Col. Sir A. S. Frazer. R.U.S.I. no. A 30.17.

490 x 450mm.

14-17. Four maps illustrating the Battle of Chesapeake Bay between the French and English fleets; circa 1776. No scale given. Amherst no. A 57. R.U.S.I. no. A 30.79A-D.

Each 450 x 280mm.

18. Map of Charleston, by same hand as Add. 57715, f. 19; 1781. 1:31680. 'Scale of half a mile to an inch', but scale bar of 4 miles (= 10 inches) indicates a figure of 1:25344. Presented to the Institution by Col. Sir A. S. Frazer. R.U.S.I. no. A 30.35.

550 x 755mm.

19. 'Charles Town Neck. Exhibiting the plan of the town and all the fortifications in December 1781'. 1:8047. Scale bar of 1900 yards (= 8.5 inches). Map oriented with North-East at top. Charleston had been captued by the British in 1780 and was still held by them after the defeat at Yorktown in October 1781, but by December, the safety of the garrison was a matter of great concern, and new defensive works - Hampstead Hill, the New Horn Work, and the New Bastion - were erected. They and the defence erected by Abraham Lincoln in 1780 are all marked on the plan. Presented to the Institution by Col. Sir A. S. Frazer. R.U.S.I. no. A 30.34.

550 x 755mm.

20. Map of town, fort, and barracks at Pensacola, by 'I. C. Lieut of Engineers'; 1774. 1:3840. Scale bar of 1920 feet (= 6 inches). The notes on the map include a report by the surveyor on the bad situation of the fort. Cf. K. Top. CXXII.96, map of Pensacola, copied by W. Brasier, at a larger scale and size, but showing only the fort itself. Amherst no. C 26. R.U.S.I. no. A 30.59.

480 x 705mm.

includes:

• f. 1 Maps and Plans: F. A. Griffith, RA: Castine, Maine: Plan of fort, etc., at Castine, signed 'F. A. G.': 1816.
• f. 2 Boston, Massachusetts: Maps and Plans: Charleston, South Carolina: Map of Boston and Charleston, with nearby defensive works: 1776.
• f. 3 Maps and Plans: Rhode Island, North America: Map of Rhode Island and environs: bef. 1776.
• ff. 4, 5 Maps and Plans: Lt.-Gen. John Burgoyne, MP; dramatist: Battle of Saratoga: Plans of Gen. Burgoyne's position at Battle of Saratoga: 1777.
• f. 6 Maps and Plans: General Sir Henry Clinton, KB; Commander-in-Chief in North America: Fort Clinton, North America: Fort Montgomery, North America: Sketch map of Fts. Clinton and Montgomery , as stormed by troops under command of Sir H. Clinton: 1777.
• f. 7 Maps and Plans: Major Samuel Holland, Surveyor-General, Northern District of North America: General Sir Henry Clinton, KB; Commander-in-Chief in North America: Fort Clinton, North America: Fort Montgomery, North America: Plan of Fts. Montgomery and Clinton surveyed by Maj. Holland, as stormed by troops under command of Sir H. Clinton: 1777.
• f. 8 Maps and Plans: Bernard Ratzer, military surveyor: New York State: Plan of New York Island and the Narrows, possibly by Bernard Ratzer: 1781.
• f. 9 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Maps and Plans: Benjamin Loxley, surveyor: Plans, etc., of officers' houses and barracks near Philadelphia, by Benjamin Loxley: circa 1757.
• f. 10 Maps and Plans: W. Siborn: General Alexander Ross, Surveyor-General of the Ordnance: Battle of Bladensburg: Sketch map of battle of Bladensburg and march , by troops under Gen. Ross: 1814: Copy, by W. Siborn.
• f. 11 Charles Cornwallis, Viscount Brome; 1st Marquess Cornwallis: Maps and Plans: Virginia: March of army through Virginia , under Gen. Cornwallis, 20 May - 12 July 1781: aft. 1781.
• f. 12 Maps and Plans: Yorktown, Virginia: Map of Yorktown: 1781: Fr.
• f. 13 Maps and Plans: Yorktown, Virginia: Major Sebastian Baumann, New York Regiment of Artillery: Gloucester, Virginia: George Washington, US President: Map of 'investment' of York and Gloucester, surveyed and drawn by Maj. Sebastian Baumann, dedicated to Gen. G. Washington as commander-in-chief: 1781.
• ff. 14-17 Maps and Plans: Chesapeake Bay, North America: Maps illustrating naval actions in Chesapeake Bay: circa 1776.
• ff. 18, 19 Maps and Plans: Charleston, South Carolina: Maps of Charleston: 1781.
• f. 20 Maps and Plans: Pensacola, Florida: I. C., military engineer: Map of town, fort, barracks, etc., by I. C. at Pensacola: 1774.