A little while ago someone asked about plans of the interior of the fort at
Albany where a treaty was held.  I have since deleted the message thinking
that someone would be able to asnwer before I did, but I haven't seen
anything on the list.  I was up in the attic tonight and found my notes on
Albany Fortifications, etc., which I had collected while in school.

I don't exactly remember what the date of the treaty in subject was, but I
do think the fort was not Fort Orange - and that it was Fort Frederick,
which was built by the English and stood guard over Albany 1676 to 1789.
It was situated about 2/3 of the way up State Street on a high hill which
has was cut down when the fort was abandoned and the city began to grow
westward.  The fort was originally built of wood and earth but was rebuilt
of stone between 1702 and 1735.

The maps I have in front of me are copies of maps found in the wonderful
"Crown Collection", which is a series of high quality photographs from
Crown collection of manuscripts in the British Museum, photgraphed and
compiled by Archer Butler Hulbert around the turn of the century (c.1900!).
 This collection is found in the NY State Library and several other
libraries across the country (as I understand only 50 sets were made)


The maps of particular interest in showing the interior details of Fort
Frederick are:

John Miller Map of 1695 - town plan and detail of the fort showing defenses
(round bastion to the north west), buildings, cannon, and gardens (Crown
Collection 1:1:34)

First Design of the Stone Fort, 1698 (by Col. Wolfgang Romer?), showing a
proposed expansion of earlier fort, profiles of pickets and parapets, and
the governor's house which stood within (Crown Collection 3:233 and 3:234)
(this design seems to have been the one adopted for the improvements)
(expansion of the fort supplants the round bastion with triangular).

Second Design of the Stone Fort, 1698 (by Col. Wolfgang Romer?), showing a
proposed expansion of earlier fort, and profiles of pickets and parapets
(Crown Collection 3:235 and 3:236)

Thomas Sowers engraving of the plan of the fort in 1755, with a profile
cross section and front (east-face) view (and triangular bastions all
around) (Crown Collection 1:2:40)

There are several highly detailed maps of the town of Beverwyck, or Albany,
which date to the same time periods in the Crown Collection.  There are
also scores of  maps of other fortifications in the northeast and across
New York - wonderful stuff.

        Now you see why I miss working in NY!
        Dan W.