Plan Shewing (sic) the Situation of construction for a Seat of Government on the Mississippi, A .

Subject

Port Hudson, La.; East Baton Rouge Parish, White Bluffs, White Cliffs, Painted Cliffs, Browne's Cliffs, Hicky's Cliffs; proposed location of British seat of government in Louisiana

Date
1776 c.
Accession Number
12472
Condition
Excellent; 1/4" tear, lower right side
Curatorial Notes

See Encyclopedia of Forts, Posts, and Other Military Installations by Powell Casey, pp. 166, 72, for a full discussion of the Bluffs/Cliffs, and British plans to build a new seat of government at this site. Powell notes that in 1776 an army engineer drew this plan. When Galvez captured the area in 1779, the plans were abandoned. Accession book notes that the original of this map was found in the collection of Lord George Germaine, Minister of State under George III, and was believed to be drawn by Captain Montresor of the British Army.

Insets
This Shows the Construction on the Side of Each Gate
Notes

Depicts proposed location of British seat of government in Louisiana; area depicted is near present-day Port Hudson, La., in East Baton Rouge Parish. During the colonial period the area depicted was known variously as White Bluffs, White Cliffs, Painted Cliffs, Browne's Cliffs, Hicky's Cliffs.

Media Type
facsimile
Size
10 5/8 x 16 1/2
Storage
c03d05