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Map of Monongahela River, 1755 (Pennsylvania, USA)
c.1755 or laterRCIN 731063
In December 1754, Lieutenant-General Edward Braddock was sent from Britain to take control of Fort Duquesne (now part of Pittsburgh) on the Monongahela River. The fort had recently been constructed by the French on disputed land. Braddock and his men were ambushed about ten miles from the fort on 9 July. Around two-thirds were killed and Braddock fatally wounded. Braddock’s route to the fort is here shown from bottom right to centre left.
King’s Military Map Collection
Cat. 68
watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, a '4' suspending the letters L V G below
annotation: Old heading: Road between Fort Cumberland and Lake Erie with the passage of the Monongahela in 1755. Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, some calculations in black pencil]. (Verso) [bottom left, red pencil:] 12/59-2; [bottom left, black pencil:] XV/13. [top left, ink, crossed out in red pencil, obscured by white paper strip:] March Route Erie; [bottom, ink, obscured by linen and illegible.]
