Plan of the Peninsula whereon Hurst Castle is situated where on the South side thereof the Sea endanger'd undermining the same to prevent which the wharfing at A was Design'd and Built by Talbot Edwards his Majestys Second Engineer in the Year 1716. Tho[mas] Chamberlain Del[ineavi]t.

Edwards, Talbot.

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Great Britain. Board of Ordnance

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During the mid-eighteenth century the British government was alarmed by French incursions into western settlements of the American colonies in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. In 1754, the French and Indian War broke out in America. This led to the Seven Years War in Europe (1756–1763). The British prepared for war, and started to replace depleted military stores, particularly because it was decided to try to regain land from the French in the American...

Chamberlain, Thomas

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