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From Junes to Archies. No 86 A / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.

In ink on verso: "es to Archie's A-" "No. 86. A-" "86 a". In pencil on recto: "No 86-A" was originally written "No 84-A". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Chester- Monroe and Woodbury in Orange County- New York. Shows roads running through Turners. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Soiled- stained 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 ink on verso: "es to Archie's A-" "No. 86. A-" "86 a". In pencil on recto: "No 86-A" was originally written "No 84-A". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Chester- Monroe and Woodbury in Orange County- New York. Shows roads running through Turners. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Soiled- stained 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. Watermark: "CC" beneath crown; the second C is reversed and interlocked with the first. No similar mark in Gravell and Miller. References: Guthorn- Peter J. American maps and map makers of the revolution- p. 17-22; Heusser- Albert H. George Washington's map maker- p. 249-256.
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nyhs:243344
NYHS Identifier
Maps -- M30
Member of
Owning Institution
Full Title
From Junes to Archies. No 86 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. ; 29 x 35 cm

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