Map of Manhattan island, New York c1776

Date: 1776 Reference: MPH 1/225 Creator: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of the War Office Catalogue context: 'Plan of the City of New York Survey'd by Bern d . Ratzen, Lieut. in the 60 th Regt.'. The part of the town destroyed by the fire of 21 September 1776 is coloured red, now much faded. Streets named; some owners of houses on the outskirts. Reference tables to churches and other principal buildings; forts, batteries, entrenchments etc. Scale: 1 inch to about 400 feet. Compass star. Drawn by F Walden. Categories: Maps and plans; Overseas Subjects: Archives and libraries; Armed Forces (General Administration); Army; Maps and plans; Religions Topics: Land and buildings; Military and war; Religion Period: Empire And Industry Places: Americas Copyright information: Copyright clearance for publication is not required, except in the case of documents in third-party copyright. Usage terms: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/use-of-tna-materials.pdf