Add MS 50008 B

TOWNSHEND PAPERS. Vol. III B (ff. 24). Maps and plans, mostly coloured, as follows:

1. ff. 1-4. Four plans of Fort Monckton, at Gosport, co. Southt., all on a scale of 100 ft. to 1 in. [1:1200], with north-west at top, and signed by Col. John Archer, R.E.; circa 1779-1782. See also K. 14 (63). 2. in the Map Library:- (a) Outlines of original field fort, and of fort as ordered to be revetted; circa 1779. 305 x 380mm. f. 1;- (b) Lieutenant-General William Skinner's proposals for altering the fort; 1780. Copy. 'No. 6'. 320 x 465mm. f. 2;- (c) As approved by General Skinner and ordered to be revetted; 25 July 1780. 'No. 7'. 320 x 465mm. f. 3;- (d) As proposed by Col. Archer; 1782. 'No. 8'. 320 x 465mm. f. 4.

2. ff. 7-8b. Two related plans of fortifications near Lerwick in the Shetland Isles; 14 May 1783:- (a) Survey of Hungry Hall farm by Lieut. John Robert Douglas, showing a redoubt. Scale 100 ft. to 1 in. [1:1200]. 'No. 1'. 245 x 370mm. ff. 5b-6b;- (b) Sketch of the Environs of Fort Charlotte, drawn by Maj. Andrew Frazer, R.E., and endorsed (f. 8b) by Lord Townshend with a note to Gen. Henry Seymour Conway. Scale bar 5.35 in. to 800 yds. [1:5383 approx.]. West at top. 'No. 2'. 380 x 465mm.

3. ff. 16b-17. Four related maps and plans of the Firth of Forth area, drawn by Maj. A. Frazer; 14 June and (ff. 16b-17) July 1783:- (a) Lower battery at North Queensferry erected in June 1780. Scale bar 2.6 in. to 100 ft. [1:461]. 300 x 390mm. ff. 9b-10;- (b) Batteries at North Queensferry and Inch Garvie erected in the summer of 1780, with section. Scale bar (plan) 3.35 in. to 500 ft. [1:1800]. North-east at top. 345 x 520mm. ff. 11b-12;- (c) Redoubt near Leith built in 1780-1, with section and elevation. Scale bar 2.8 in. to 100 ft. [1:628]. North-west at top. 420 x 530mm. ff. 13b-15;- (d) The Firth of Forth from Carron Mouth to Inchkeith, with a section across the Firth at Queensferry. Scale bar 5 in. to 5 miles [1:63360]. 375 x 640mm.

4. ff. 18b-19. Course of a proposed leat from the River Walkham in Dartmoor to Plymouth Dock, signed by Col. Matthew Dixon, R.E., and formerly enclosed in a letter from him to Lord Townshend, 7 Oct. 1783 (now 50008 A, f. 77). Scale bar 4 in. to 2 miles approx. [1:31680]. North at top. 730 x 465mm.

5. ff. 20b-24. Plans, sections and elevations of a proposed hospital and barracks at Edinburgh Castle; n.d. Scale 20 ft. to 1 in. [1:240].

includes:

• ff. 1-17 Fortification: Reports, plans, etc., rel. to British coastal defences,: 1770-1783, n.d.
• ff. 1-4 Maps and Plans: Fort Monckton, Gosport,: 1780-1783, n.d.
• ff. 1-4 Gosport, Hampshire: Plans of Fort Monckton,: 1779-1782.
• ff. 1-4 Colonel John Archer, RE: Plans of Fort Monckton signed by: 1780-1782, n.d.
• ff. 2, 3 Lieutenant-General William Skinner, RE: Plans of Fort Monckton revised by: 1780, n.d.
• ff. 5b-6b Lieutenant John Robert Douglas, RE: Survey of Hungry Hall, Lerwick,: 1783.
• ff. 5b-8b Lerwick, Shetland: Plans of Hungry Hall and Fort Charlotte near,: 1783.
• ff. 5b-8b Maps and Plans: Hungry Hall and Fort Charlotte, near Lerwick: 1783.
• ff. 9b-12 North Queensferry, Fifeshire: Plans of batteries: 1783.
• ff. 9b-12 Maps and Plans: Batteries at North Queensferry and Inchgarrie: 1783.
• ff. 9b-17 Major Andrew Frazer, RE: Plans of Firth of Forth, etc., signed by: 1783.
• ff. 11b-12 Inchgarvie, the Firth of Forth: Plan of battery,: 1783.
• ff. 13b-15 Leith, Edinburgh: Plan, etc., of redoubt near,: 1783.
• ff. 16b-17 Maps and Plans: Firth of Forth: 1783.
• ff. 16b-17 Firth of Forth: Plan, etc.,: 1783.
• ff. 18b-19 Maps and Plans: Course of proposed leat to supply Plymouth Dock,: 1783.
• ff. 18b-19 Plymouth, Devon: Plan of proposed leat to supply dockyard,: 1783.
• ff. 18b-19 Colonel Matthew Dixon, RE: Letters, etc., to Lord Townshend,: 1779-1783.
• ff. 20b - 24 County of Edinburgh: Plans, etc., of proposed hospital, etc., at Castle: circa 1772-1783.
• ff. 20b-24 Maps and Plans: Plans, etc., of proposed hospital, etc., at Edinburgh Castle,: 1772-1783: Circ.