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Contraction from Hartford New Haven Norwalk Bedford +c. No 102 / Robt Erskine F.R.S. Delt. 1779 ; by RE ; by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.

Imperfect: lacking 2 x 3 cm. at left center. In ink on verso: "No. 102". In pencil on recto: "No 102". Military topographic map. Covers Westchester- Putnam- Nassau and Suffolk counties in New York- and also New York City; and Fairfield- Litchfield- New Haven and Hartford Counties in Connecticut. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Planar projection. Soiled- stained- mildewed creased- frayed and abraded. Mounted on cloth- bound- disbound and silked by subsequent owners. Cleaned after removal of backings 1999; relined with China paper. Sheathed in mylar.

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Imperfect: lacking 2 x 3 cm. at left center. In ink on verso: "No. 102". In pencil on recto: "No 102". Military topographic map. Covers Westchester- Putnam- Nassau and Suffolk counties in New York- and also New York City; and Fairfield- Litchfield- New Haven and Hartford Counties in Connecticut. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Planar projection. Soiled- stained- mildewed creased- frayed and abraded. Mounted on cloth- bound- disbound and silked by subsequent owners. Cleaned after removal of backings 1999; relined 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. Primary statement of responsibility and date from lower left of map recto are original. Index title- secondary statements of responsibility- series title and series numbering also by Erskine- but on separate index sheet filed at head of series. Watermark: "Pz".

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