[Map showing Ohio Company store house on Wills Creek, Maryland, on the north branch of the Potomac River]. [1754?]

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[Map showing Ohio Company store house on Wills Creek, Maryland, on the north branch of the Potomac River]. [1754?]

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Rough, unfinished sketch map showing base in northwestern Maryland used in 1753 and 1754 by British colonial forces led by George Washington, later the site of Fort Cumberland. Includes crude drawing of "Ohio Companies store house" and identifies "north branch of Potomack", "part of Virginia", "artillery park", and "old road."

1 ms. map ; on sheet 178 x 290 mm.

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