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Between Albany and Fishkills thro Claverack. No 93 O / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.

In erased pencil on recto: "No 93 O". In ink on verso: "O Oo Oo". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Ghent- Claverack and Greenport in Columbia County- New York. Shows roads running through Claverack. 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- disbound and silked by subsequent owners. Cleaned after removal of backings 1999; some fill remains. Sheathed in mylar.

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In erased pencil on recto: "No 93 O". In ink on verso: "O Oo Oo". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Ghent- Claverack and Greenport in Columbia County- New York. Shows roads running through Claverack. 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- 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 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: "T & C" accompanied by plow; similar to Gravell and Miller American watermarks nos. 635 and (less closely) 105. References: Guthorn- Peter J. American maps and map makers of the revolution- p. 17-21.
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nyhs:243390
NYHS Identifier
Maps -- M30
Member of
Owning Institution
Full Title
Between Albany and Fishkills thro Claverack. No 93 O / 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 : ms. ; 42 x 35 cm

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