Reproduction of a work by Seth Eastman from a sketch by J. H. Eaton. Depicts Fort Defiance as built in 1851-1852. In the foreground, Native Americans approach the fort in a line on horseback; within the fort, U.S. Army soldiers drill. The fort is at the foot of an escarpment. One-third of the image is of sky
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Below image, centered: Pl. 29.
BEIN 766 N46 1859: Dissected and mounted on linen., BEIN Roll Map 485: Imperfect: mutilated, brittle, and chipped. Mounted on linen with wooden strip at top., Relief shown by hachures., "Scale 300 ft. to an inch.", Coordinates not present on map and are approximated., and Includes 15 vignettes and inset map "A plan of the town of New Haven with all the buildings in 1748."
Publisher:
Published by Eneas Smith and W.H. Rease's Lithographic Establishment, N.E. cor. 4th & Chestnut St.
BEIN 787 Un3 +1787d: Manuscript note on page 1: Form of government., "This is the official edition, printed in large type, single columns, by the Convention, for submission to Congress, with the resolutions, and letter, added"--Evans., Title from opening lines of text., and Imprint from colophon. Dated on page 5: Done in convention ... the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven ...