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Foxed- soiled- 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. In pencil on recto: "No 90 ..." (erased). Military topographic map. Covers the townships of West Milford and Pompton in Passaic County and of Rockaway and Pequanac in Morris County- New Jersey. Shows roads running though Oak Ridge- Newfoundland- Smith Mills and Bloomingdale. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. 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. Watermark: "J WHATMAN"- similar to Gravell and Miller foreign watermark no. 751. References: Guthorn- Peter J. American maps and map makers of the revolution- p. 17-22.
PID
nyhs:243363
NYHS Identifier
Maps -- M30
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Owning Institution
Type
Subject (Topical)
Subject (Geographic)
Full Title
Road from Pompton by the Warwick Road to Morristown up Pompton River Past Charlotteburgh Iron Works No 90 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. ; 35 x 55 cm