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Fragment of original title in ink on verso: "Roa....". Imperfect: 16 x 14 cm. at lower left corner cut out after title written on verso. In pencil on recto: "No 75 A". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Morris and Chatham in Morris County- Milburn in Essex County and Union in Summit County- New Jersey. Shows roads running through Morristown and Chatham. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Stained- foxed- creased 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. Index title- statement of responsibility- date- series title and series numbering by Erskine- but on separate index sheet filed at head of series. Watermarks: "TMW" accompanied by dove- similar to Gravell and Miller American watermarks nos. 658 and 659.
PID
nyhs:243328
NYHS Identifier
Maps -- M30
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Owning Institution
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Full Title
Road from near Morristown through Bottle Hill and Chatham towards Springfield. No 75 A / 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. ; 38 x 32 cm