Contributed by Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education
Description
This 1843 lithograph shows location of individual companies of U.S. Militia and British troops drawn pictorially, plus illustrations of barracks and forts in the Aroostook River Valley, Maine.
About This Item
- Title: "Plan of the British and American positions, on the disputed territory by an eye witness," 1843
- Creator: Nathaniel Dearborn
- Creation Date: 1843
- Subject Date: circa 1838
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Locations:
- Aroostook County, ME
- Canada
- Media: Lithograph
- Dimensions: 71 cm x 53 cm
- Local Code: 1024 (OS-1843-11)
- Collection: Osher Sheet Map Collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Aroostook River (Me. and N.B.)
- Aroostook War, 1839
- Canada--Boundaries--United States--Maps
- Fortification--Maine
- Maine--Boundaries--New Brunswick
- New Brunswick--Boundaries--Maine
- United States--Boundaries--Canada
- United States. Army- Barracks and quarters
- Webster-Ashburton Treaty (1842 August 9)
People
Other Keywords
- Aroostook War
- Borders
- Boundaries
- Canada
- Conflict
- Maine
- Military
- United States of America
- War
- Webster-Ashburton Treaty
For more information about this item, contact:
Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic EducationUniversity of Southern Maine, Glickman Library, PO Box 9300, Portland, ME 04014
(207) 780-4850
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