When American General William Hull visited Niagara en route  to the Ohio country in February 1794, he was mightily impressed by “the rare accomplishments of Mrs. Simcoe” and in particular, her maps, which he considered so finely drawn that they looked like copperplate engravings. [1]   Another visitor, Frenchman François-Alexandre la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, also admired her “talents for drawing … maps and plans,” which he favoured because they made her “extremely useful” to