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A map of Bristol completed in 1750 by surveyor John Rocque. Includes detailed streets and buildings, as well as ten accompanying illustrations featuring the Exchange of Bristol and several views of the city.

Four pages from September 1781 issue of The Scots magazine, published in Edinburgh. These pages give accounts of the Siege of Gibraltar, a battle in the American Revolutionary War.

A geographical and historical account of Nova Scotia and Halifax.

An oil painting depicting two German officers who participated in the Siege of Gibraltar; Copley made it as a preparatory study for a larger painting on the siege.

A 1784 painting by George Carter depicting the bombardment of the Gibraltar garrison by French and Spanish forces.

This is a printed collection of writing by Catharine Upton.

A page from the "Monthly Chronicle" section of the Westminster Magazine.

An early copy of the anonymous excerpt from Gibraltar from August 1781.

A slightly abridged copy of the same account of the Siege taken from the diary of a woman that was included in the Scots Magazine.