John Montresor

Montresor was one of Britain's most experienced and important military engineers working in the northern colonies from the French and Indian Wars to the American Revolution. He was appointed Chief Engineer in 1775, the year of publication of the first version of the Map of the Province of New York ...

Montresor personally scouted and surveyed the frontiers of this region. During the Revolution, he was attached to three British commanders: General Thomas Gage and Sirs William Howe and Henry Clinton.