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Road from the Third Forking Paths thro' Bonumtown + Piscataway to Brunswick. No 74 E / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.

In pencil on recto: "No 74 E". Military topographic map. Covers the township of Raritan in Middlesex County- New Jersey. Shows roads running through Valentine Fords- Sand Hills- Bonhamtown- Piscataway and New Brunswick. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Soiled- 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. Sheathed in mylar.

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In pencil on recto: "No 74 E". Military topographic map. Covers the township of Raritan in Middlesex County- New Jersey. Shows roads running through Valentine Fords- Sand Hills- Bonhamtown- Piscataway and New Brunswick. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Soiled- 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. 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. Bracketed text of index title as read by Heusser ca. 1828 or inferred by cataloger. Watermark: "T M W" accompanied by dove- similar to Gravell and Miller American watermarks nos. 658 and 659. References: Heusser- Albert H. George Washington's map maker- p. 249-256.
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nyhs:243326
NYHS Identifier
Maps -- M30
Member of
Owning Institution
Full Title
Road from the Third Forking Paths thro' Bonumtown + Piscataway to Brunswick. No 74 E / 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. ; 30 x 38 cm

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