Map of encampment at Sheerness, 1782 (Sheerness, Kent, UK) 51°26'22"N 00°45'37"E

A map of the encampment at Sheerness, 3 July-11 November 1782. American War of Independence (1775-83). Oriented with north to top.

The detail of the map extends from the tip of Sheerness Fort in the north to Queenborough Castle in the south, and from the eastern end of the Isle of Grain in the west to Minster in the east. An encampment of four Independent Companies (blue facings) is shown on the common east of Fort Townshend.

This is one of 31 maps of encampments which are likely to have been drawn up as a set from original field surveys and draft maps between about 1782 (the last encampment ended on 13 November 1782) and sometime in or after 1784 (the date of Bowles's plan of London, RCIN 734032.am). The original field surveys and draft maps from which they will have been compiled would have been made between 1778 and 1782, according to the actual dates of the encampments. The execution date for the fair drawings of the maps of 1783 or later has, however, been assigned to all the encampment maps, consistent with the date of Paterson's commission as Captain in the 36th Foot, with which rank he styles himself on the title page of the volume.

In: 'Plans of Encampments and Dispositions of the Army in Great Britain from 1778 to 1782. Presented to King George III by George Morrison, Quarter Master General. Drawn by Captain Dan. Paterson, 36.^th Reg.^t Assistant to the Quart. Mast. General.' See main entry under RCIN 734032.

BL Add MS 15533: p.113 PLAN / OF / THE ENCAMPMENT AT / SHEERNESS / from / 3^d July to 11.^th Nov.^r / 1782. [Bottom right, below border:] By Lieut. Paterson, Assist.^t to the Quar. Master Gen.^l. Watermark: fleur-de-lys in crowned shield, the scrolled letter W below.

Condition: no fold lines. Verso: faint induced discolouration.