Add MS 57716

R.U.S.I. MAPS. Vol. LXXXI (1-5). Large maps.

1-2. Chart of Narraganset Bay and Rhode Island; mid 18th cent. 1:24000 approx. Scale bars of 10000 yards (= 15 inches) and 6 miles (= 15.75 inches). R.U.S.I. no. A 30.91A,B.

Each part 660 x 985mm.; formerly one sheet 1320 x 985mm.

3. 'Plan of the town of Savannah . . . with the joint attack of the French & rebels on the 9th October from a survey by John Wilson 71st Regt Asst Engineer' signed 'James Moncrief Comd Engineer'; 1779. 1:4383. Scale bar of 700 yards (= 5.75 inches). Map oriented with South-East at top. Inset, sections of both offensive and defensive works. 1:480. Scale bar of 40 feet (= 4 inches). Amherst no. C 28. R.U.S.I. no. A 30.67.

725 x 955mm.

4. Map of the so-called 'Wilderness Road' towards Ohio, by Capt. T. Bullitt, 'Capt of ye Provincial Regt of Virga'; circa 1773. 1:316800. Scale bar of 30 miles (= 6 inches). Map oriented with West-South-West at top. The map shows the southernmost route along which colonists from the East coast moved westwards into the Ohio Country in the mid 18th century, and although the map is not highly finished, it includes some detailed observations, and much of the Cherokee Indian territory. It demonstrates the rivalry between the British and French governments to control the wealth of the vast territories of the Mississippi/Ohio hinterland. This particular branch of the 'Wilderness Road' continued down the Holston River from the source of Roanoke towards Ft. Loudoun and the Tanasse. Thomas Bullitt had distinguished himself in the Anglo-French War 1754-1763, before turning to surveying and opening up the Ohio Country as a member of the Ohio Land Company, to which George Washington also belonged. In 1773 he led a group of officers down the Ohio River and surveyed the present site of Louisville before returning along the 'Wilderness Road' route shown in the present map. Amherst no. C 35. R.U.S.I. no. A 30.88.

1605 x 760mm.

5. Map of West Florida and the Mississippi River, by 'I. C. Lieutt of Eng=rs'; 1774. 1:936000 approx. Scale bar of 96 miles (= 6.5 inches). The map shows Indian territories, and includes a report by 'I. C.' on the defences of Pensacola (cf. map of Pensacola and report on its poorly situated defences, Add. 57715, f. 20). Amherst no. C 26. R.U.S.I. no. A 30.87.

950 x 700mm.

includes:

• ff. 1, 2 Maps and Plans: Narragansett Bay, North America: Rhode Island, North America: Chart of Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island: mid 18th cent.
• f. 3 Maps and Plans: Lieutenant John Wilson, assistant engineer, 71st Regt: James Moncrief, military engineer: Savannah, Georgia: Plan of Savannah, with attack by French and American troops, surveyed by Lieut. John Wilson, signed by James Moncrief: 1779.
• f. 4 Maps and Plans: Cherokee Indian Territory: Captain Thomas Bullitt, of the Provincial Regt. of Virginia: Ohio, North America: Map of the 'Wilderness Road' by Capt. Thomas Bullitt towards Ohio through Cherokee Indian Territory: circa 1773.
• f. 5 Maps and Plans: River Mississippi: Pensacola, Florida: I. C., military engineer: Florida, North America: Map of W. Florida, and the R. Mississippi, including report on defences of Pensacola, by 'I.C.': 1774.