Plan of Charles Town. No. 61 / by J. Watkins ; by J. Watkin ; by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.

In ink on verso: "No. 61". Military topographic map. Shows streets, piers, streams and wetlands. Pen-and-ink, grey wash on laid paper. 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 original cartouche; number appears to have been added later. First statement of responsibility and earlier date from cursive text above lower neat line: "by J Watkins 1778 the angles taken by a Small Pocket Compass and this Ground [mea]s[ur]ed by [pac]ing [???]" Erskine's title, two additional statements of responsibility, series date, series title and series numbering from separate index sheet filed at head of series. Watermark: "GR" below shield; similar to Gravell and Miller foreign watermark no. 301. References: Guthorn, Peter J. American Maps and Map Makers of the Revolution, p. 17-22.