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From the Forks of Susquehanna towds Wyoming, continued. No 95, F / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.

In pencil on recto, "No 95 F". Military topographic map. Covers parts of Columbia and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania. Shows roads running through Nescopeck and Berwick. Also shows landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Soiled, foxed, creased and abraded. Mounted on cloth, bound, 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.

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In pencil on recto, "No 95 F". Military topographic map. Covers parts of Columbia and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania. Shows roads running through Nescopeck and Berwick. Also shows landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Soiled, foxed, creased and abraded. Mounted on cloth, bound, 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 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: fleur-de-lis in crowned medallion with initials "P U".
PID
nyhs:243403
NYHS Identifier
Maps -- M30
M004435
n000204m
Owning Institution
Full Title
From the Forks of Susquehanna towds Wyoming, continued. No 95, F / 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. ; 34 x 41 cm
Archival Coordinates
(W76⁰17ʹ--W76.⁰10ʹ/N41⁰05ʹ--N41⁰02ʹ)
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