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  • TitlePlan of Fort Green, and Line of Intrenchments [sic], from the Wallabout to Gowanus Creek with a topographical sketch of the country, by Lieut. James Gadsden of the Engineers.
  • Call NumberMAP_1776-06-01
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Maps collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCopied from the original map by G. Hayward … for D.T. Valentine's Manual, 1856. Map shows fortifications of northwest Brooklyn with index. Relief shown by hachures. Scale: 100 yards to an inch. Torn, repaired with tape. Strip lost on upper right edge.
  • Date[1776]
  • Formatcartographicstill image
  • Physical Description1 map : black & white ; 19.25 x 16 in.
  • Genremaps (documents)
  • CreatorHayward, George
  • Publisher[publisher not identified]
  • SubjectBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Maps--Early works to 1800 ; New York (N.Y.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800 ; Fortification -- New York (State) -- Brooklyn (N.Y.) -- Maps ; Fortification -- New York (State) -- New York -- Maps
  • CollectionBrooklyn Maps collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.)Gowanus Canal (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.