Fort Ontario, Oswego River, New York.

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• PUBLISHER: Published in Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, Boston.

• MEDIUM: Wood engraving,

  DATE: 1856.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 4 7/8 x 9 1/4" (125 x 236 mm).

• DESCRIPTION: A focused view of this beautiful fort. <br><br> First built by the English in 1727, Fort Oswego played an important role in the French and Indian War and was mostly destroyed by the French and their native American allies after the French victory there in 1756. The British retained possession over the site until 1796 when it was turned over to the United States as a result of Jay's Treaty.

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• CONDITION: Good condition with modern hand color.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Town Views - United States , New York State