Contraction in the Jerseys. No 98 B / Large Paper by Capt. Scull ; by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.

Foxed- stained- soiled- 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 ink on verso "No. 98 B." In pencil on recto: "No. 98 B". Military topographic map. Covers parts of Middlesex- Somerset and Union counties in New Jersey. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Scale as drawn 1 in. per mi. Shows relief by hachures. Title proper from recto is the work of a later editor--Simeon DeWitt or his assign--subsequent to 1820. Index title- both statements of responsibility- date- series title and series numbering by Erskine- but on separate index sheet filed at head of series. Watermark: crest and pendent initials "G R" Countermark "J Whatman".