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Description
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 73 7th". Military topographic map. Covers the township of Bernard in Somerset County and that of Morris in Morris County- New Jersey. Shows roads running through Bernardsville and Morristown. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Title proper from recto is the work of a later editor--Simeon DeWitt or his assign--subsequent to 1820. Title from verso is in Erskine's hand and may be cited as such. Index title- statement of responsibility- date and series title also by Erskine- but on separate index sheet filed at head of series. Series numbering inferred by cataloger. Watermark: "G R" under crown or laurel- similar to Gravell and Miller American watermark no. 305 and accompanied by shield of St. George.
PID
nyhs:243321
NYHS Identifier
Maps -- M30
Member of
Genre
Owning Institution
Type
Subject (Topical)
Subject (Geographic)
Full Title
Through Vealtown to Morristown. No 73 7th / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
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Digital Format
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Date Created
1779
Date Issued
1779
Extent
1 map : ms. ; 32 x 36 cm