From Alexandria to near Colchester. No 124 M / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.

Date 1781 inferred by cataloger. Military topographic map. Covers the city of Alexandria and the counties of Arlington- Fairfax and Prince William in Virginia. Shows roads running through Arlington- Alexandria- Hayfield and Pohick. Also shows buildings- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. 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. Title proper from recto is the work of a later editor--Simeon DeWitt or his assign--subsequent to 1820. Title from verso is contemporaneous with map and may be cited as such. Index title- statement of responsibility- series title and series numbering also contemporaneous- but on separate index sheet filed at head of series. Watermark: " J WHATMAN" accompanied by crest (no pendent initials).