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From Johnsons Upper Mills to Pittstown + Ringoe's. No 119 C / S DeWitt Geographer to the Army of the United States ; by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.

Date of 1780 or 1781 based on verso text to sheet 119-F of series. First statement of responsibility from verso text on sheet 119-F of series is echoed on verso of this sheet: "DeWitt DeWitt DeWitt SD SD SD DeWitt SD DeWitt" The map itself is labeled at two points- "Surveyed by Captn McMurray." Military topographic map; right segment fits north of the left one. Covers the townships of Lebanon- Bethlehem- Union and Franklin in Hunterdon County- and of Washington in Warren County- New Jersey.

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Date of 1780 or 1781 based on verso text to sheet 119-F of series. First statement of responsibility from verso text on sheet 119-F of series is echoed on verso of this sheet: "DeWitt DeWitt DeWitt SD SD SD DeWitt SD DeWitt" The map itself is labeled at two points- "Surveyed by Captn McMurray." Military topographic map; right segment fits north of the left one. Covers the townships of Lebanon- Bethlehem- Union and Franklin in Hunterdon County- and of Washington in Warren County- New Jersey. Shows roads running through New Hampton- Junction- Charlestown- Norton- Perryville- Jutland- Pittston- Quakertown- Croton and Ringos. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Stained- soiled - creased 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. Title proper from recto is the work of a later editor--Simeon DeWitt or his assign--subsequent to 1820. Title from verso is contemporaneous with map and may be cited as such. Index title- second statement of responsibility- series title and series numbering also contemporaneous- but on separate index sheet filed at head of series. Watermark: "J WHATMAN" accompanied by crest (no pendent initials).
PID
nyhs:243465
NYHS Identifier
Maps -- M30
Member of
Owning Institution
Full Title
From Johnsons Upper Mills to Pittstown + Ringoe's. No 119 C / S DeWitt Geographer to the Army of the United States ; by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
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Date Created
1780 to 1781
Date Issued
1780 to 1781
Extent
1 map : ms. ; 122 x 35 cm.
on sheet 61 x 49 cm

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