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Title: Plan and profil of the fortifications erecting to defend the town and harbour of Newport on Rhode Island. Octor. 1756. [cartographic material]
Alternative Title: Title should read: Plan and profile of the fortifications erecting to defend the town and harbour of Newport on Rhode Island.
Creator: Harrison, Peter, 1716-1775, cartographer
Contributor: Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Date Created and/or Issued: 1751
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Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Manuscript map showing the fort erected to protect Newport during the French and Indian War. Peter Harrison, 1715 or 16 to 1775, was a noted architect of the Palladian style. He was commissioned to construct the fort in Newport during the French and Indian War, but the construction was not completed.
Extent: 1 map ; 21 x 25 cm
Identifier: mssHM 15462
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/16268
Subject: Newport (R.I.)--Maps
Fortification--Rhode Island--Newport--Maps
Maps. (lcgft)
Manuscripts (aat)
Source: Kashnor Collection of Early American Maps, 1670-1856
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased from Museum Book Store, Catalog No. 93, No. 580, 1924. CSmH

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