Fort de Quesne. [1754?]

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Fort de Quesne. [1754?]

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Plan of Fort Duquesne compiled in 1754 by prisoner of war Capt. Robert Stobo and smuggled to Virginia Lieut. Govr. Robert Dinwiddie. Inserted adjacent to text describing the 1758 British capture of the site later to become Fort Pitt and Pittsburgh. Includes "Profile of the wall" (53 x 42 mm.) and "References" A-M keyed to the plan.

1 ms. map ; on sheet 285 x 232 mm.

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