| LC control no. | nb2014003441 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Abercrombie, James, 1732-1775 |
| Variant(s) | Abercromby, James, 1732-1775 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Birth date | 1732 |
| Death date | 17750623 |
| Place of birth | North America |
| Field of activity | Topographical drawing Cartography |
| Affiliation | Great Britain. Army |
| Profession or occupation | Artists Drafters Soldiers Armies--Officers Cartographers |
| Special note | Some attributions may have been confused with Captain Thomas Abercrombie [nb2014015454] |
| Found in | A sketch of Lake George, [about 1756] (a manuscript note in ink on the map's verso reads "A Sketch of Lake George, Cap.tn Abercrombie") Plan of Fort Stanwix built at the Onnida Station 1758, 1758 BL King's Topographical Collection info., 9 July 2014 (Captain James Abercrombie is suggested as cartographer based on this map's stylistic similarities with Maps. K.Top.121.23. (the sketch of Lake George with Captain Abercrombie's name to the verso). There is some uncertainty about Captain Thomas Abercrombie (see Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers A-D, perhaps attributing some maps to Thomas that were drawn by James?) and Captain James Abercrombie, aide-de-camp to his uncle [?] General James Abercromby (see the Dictionary of Canadian Biography)) Dictionary of Canadian Biography online, 9 July 2014 (James Abercrombie (Abercromby), army officer; born 1732, probably in Scotland; died 23 June 1775 at Boston, Mass.; served in North America; secondary sources contain numerous unsupported references to the existence and nature of a family relationship between the subject of this biography and Major-General James Abercromby [1706-1781], commander-in-chief in America in 1758; it is unlikely that the subject was the son of his famous near-namesake; he may have been a relative - two capable historians believe him to be a nephew, although his own correspondence makes no mention of such a relationship, nor does that of any contemporary; the general did have a son, James Abercromby, in the 42nd Foot during the Seven Years' War, but this young man was an ensign at the time that the subject was a captain) |
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