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Foxed- creased- frayed- and abraded. Mounted on cloth- bound and cropped- disbound and silked by subsequent owners. Cleaned after removal of backings 1999; some fill remains. Sheathed in mylar. In pencil on recto: "No 46 1st". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Pequannc and Montville in Morris County- Pompton and Wayne in Passaic County and Caldwell in Essex County- New Jersey. Shows roads running through Pompton Lakes- Pompton- Lincoln Park and Montville. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Second sheet pasted to first as inset; it appears to cover an area immediately north of the main map. Shows relief by hachures. Titles proper from recto are the work of a later editor--Simeon DeWitt or his assign--subsequent to 1820. Titles from verso are in Erskine's hand and may be cited as such. Index title- statement of responsibility- date- series title and series numbering also by Erskine- but on separate index sheet filed at head of series. Watermark: S & K. References: Guthorn- Peter J. American Maps and Map Makers of the Revolution- p. 17-22.
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nyhs:243260
NYHS Identifier
Maps -- M30
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Owning Institution
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Subject (Geographic)
Full Title
Roads from Pompton towards Morristown. No 46 1st sheet ; From Warmley's to Ogdens Colehouse to join Mr. DeWitt. No 46 2nd sheet / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
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Date Created
1778
Date Issued
1778
Extent
2 maps on 2 assembled sheets : ms. ; 43 x 35 cm