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From Springfield through Watsessing to Newark Mountains. No 67 B / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.

In ink on recto: "B". In pencil on recto: "No 67 B". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Montclair- Plainfield- West Orange- South Orange and Milburn in Essex County- New Jersey. Shows roads running through Brookdale- Franklin- Bloomfield- Watsessing- South Orange and Wyoming. Also shows buildings and owners' names- also landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Stained- foxed- creased- frayed and abraded. Mounted on cloth- bound and cropped- disbound and silked by subsequent owners.

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In ink on recto: "B". In pencil on recto: "No 67 B". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Montclair- Plainfield- West Orange- South Orange and Milburn in Essex County- New Jersey. Shows roads running through Brookdale- Franklin- Bloomfield- Watsessing- South Orange and Wyoming. Also shows buildings and owners' names- also landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Stained- foxed- creased- frayed 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 earlier 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: "T M W" accompanied by dove. References: Guthorn- Peter J. American Maps and Map Makers of the Revolution- p. 17-22.
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nyhs:243290
NYHS Identifier
Maps -- M30
Member of
Owning Institution
Full Title
From Springfield through Watsessing to Newark Mountains. No 67 B / 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. ; 39 x 32 cm

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