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Military topographic map. Covers Orange County in New York and Sussex and Warren counties in New Jersey. Shows roads running through East Chester- Sugarloaf- Warwick and New Milford in New York; and Maple Grange- Vernon- Hamburg- North Church- Newton (formerly Sussex)- Hope- Swayze Mills- Oxford Church and Phillipsburg in New Jersey. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on 3 assembled pieces laid paper; 4 pieces having a wove finish added later. Shows relief by hachures. Stained- foxed- creased- torn- frayed and abraded. Mounted on cloth- bound and cropped- disbound and silked by subsequent owners. Cleaned after removal of backings 1999; some fill remains. Lined with China paper. Sheathed in mylar. 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- series title and series numbering also by Erskine- but on separate index sheet filed at head of series. Watermarks: "T M W" accompanied by dove (twice).
PID
nyhs:243293
NYHS Identifier
Maps -- M30
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Owning Institution
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Subject (Topical)
Subject (Geographic)
Full Title
Road from Easton to Chester (2 Miles to an Inch). No 68 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
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Date Created
1779
Date Issued
1779
Extent
1 map on several assembled sheets : ms. ; 56 x 71 cm