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TC2000-0667
A MAP/ OF THE/ Province OF New York;/ with Part of/ PENSILVANIA,/ AND/ NEW ENGLAND,/ From an Actual Survey by/ Captain Montresor,/ ENGINEER, 1775.
TC2000-0667

A MAP/ OF THE/ Province OF New York;/ with Part of/ PENSILVANIA,/ AND/ NEW ENGLAND,/ From an Actual Survey by/ Captain Montresor,/ ENGINEER, 1775.

DateJune 10, 1775
Cartographer Captain John Montresor (1736-1799)
Engraver Pierre André
Publisher Andrew Dury (fl. 1742 - 1778)
MediumBlack and white line engraving with period hand color on laid paper mounted on linen
DimensionsOH: 57 1/4" x OW: 36 1/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1954-1065,A
DescriptionText on the right side of the map reads: "A MAP/ OF THE/ Province OF New York;/ with Part of/ PENSILVANIA,/ AND/ NEW ENGLAND,/ From an Actual Survey by/ Captain Montresor,/ ENGINEER, 1775./ Publish'd as the Act directs, June 10.th 1775, by A. Dury Duke's Court S.t Martin's Lane, London./ TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE/ Sir Jeffery Amherst/ KNIGHT of the BATH, and/ Lieutenant General of his Majesty's Forces &c. &c. &c./ This Map of the Province of/ NEW YORK,/ is humbly Inscribed by/ His most obliged Humble Servant/ John Montresor,/ Engineer."

The lower right margin reads: "P. Andrews sculp."