Map Plan of Forts Green, Laurence & Swift and lines of intrenchments constructed in the vicinity of Brooklyn for the defence of the city of New York.

About this Item

About this Item

Title

  • Plan of Forts Green, Laurence & Swift and lines of intrenchments constructed in the vicinity of Brooklyn for the defence of the city of New York.

Names

  • United States. War Department. Office of the Chief of Engineers.

Created / Published

  • 1814.

Headings

  • -  Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.)--History--War of 1812--Maps
  • -  Fort Laurence (New York, N.Y.)--History--War of 1812--Maps
  • -  Fort Swift (New York, N.Y.)--History--War of 1812--Maps
  • -  Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--History--War of 1812--Maps
  • -  Fortification--New York (State)--History--Maps
  • -  New York (State)--History--War of 1812--Maps
  • -  United States--New York (State)--Fort Greene (N.Y.)
  • -  United States--New York (State)--Fort Laurence (N.Y.)
  • -  United States--New York (State)--Fort Swift (N.Y.)
  • -  United States--New York (State)--Brooklyn (N.Y.)

Genre

  • Manuscript maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor.
  • -  Oriented with north to the upper right.
  • -  Handwritten annotation on recto: No. 39.
  • -  "Office of Chief of Engineers, War Department. 58510 6199" on verso.
  • -  Minimal level cataloging record.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • 1 ms. map : col. ; 41 x 51 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3804.N4:2F69 1814 .P5

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012588009

Online Format

  • image

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United States War Department. Office Of The Chief Of Engineers. Plan of Forts Green, Laurence & Swift and lines of intrenchments constructed in the vicinity of Brooklyn for the defence of the city of New York. 1814. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012588009/.

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United States War Department. Office Of The Chief Of Engineers. (1814) Plan of Forts Green, Laurence & Swift and lines of intrenchments constructed in the vicinity of Brooklyn for the defence of the city of New York. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2012588009/.

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United States War Department. Office Of The Chief Of Engineers. Plan of Forts Green, Laurence & Swift and lines of intrenchments constructed in the vicinity of Brooklyn for the defence of the city of New York. 1814. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2012588009/>.