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[Map of roads in the area bounded by Peekskill and Fishkill (N.Y.) Quaker Hill and Ridgeberry (Conn.)] No 131

Attributed to Eskine by cataloger. Date based on attribution to Erskine. In pencil on recto: "No 131". Military topographic map. Covers the towns of Dover- Pawling- Beekman and East Fishkill in Dutchess County; of Phillipstown- Putnam Valley- Kent- Carmel- South East and Patterson in Putnam County; and of North Salem- Somers- Yorktown and Cortlandt in Westchester County- New York; also the town of Ridgefield in Fairfield County- Connecticut. Map shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Watercolor for some township boundary lines.

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Attributed to Eskine by cataloger. Date based on attribution to Erskine. In pencil on recto: "No 131". Military topographic map. Covers the towns of Dover- Pawling- Beekman and East Fishkill in Dutchess County; of Phillipstown- Putnam Valley- Kent- Carmel- South East and Patterson in Putnam County; and of North Salem- Somers- Yorktown and Cortlandt in Westchester County- New York; also the town of Ridgefield in Fairfield County- Connecticut. Map shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Watercolor for some township boundary lines. Shows relief by hachures. Soiled- creased- frayed and abraded. Mildew damage. Mounted on cloth- bound and cropped- disbound and silked by subsequent owners. Cleaned after removal of backings 1999; some fill remains. Re-lined with China paper. Sheathed in mylar. Title proper devised by cataloger. Title number appears on recto of map but is the work of a later editor--Simeon DeWitt or his assign--subsequent to 1820. No verso title. Watermark: "J WHATMAN" accompanied by crest with pendant initials "G R". References: Guthorn- Peter J. American maps and map makers of the revolution- p. 16.

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