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(Continuation) From Chester to Bethlehem. No 69-8th / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.

Coordinates describe only that area of map showing the road, not the Delaware River and its watergap to north. In pencil on recto: "No 69 8th". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Hope, Oxford and Harmony in Warren County, New Jersey. Shows roads running through Swayze Mills and Oxford Church. Also shows buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Stained, creased and abraded. Mounted on cloth, bound and cropped, disbound and silked by subsequent owners.

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Coordinates describe only that area of map showing the road, not the Delaware River and its watergap to north. In pencil on recto: "No 69 8th". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Hope, Oxford and Harmony in Warren County, New Jersey. Shows roads running through Swayze Mills and Oxford Church. Also shows buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Stained, 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. Re-lined; backing shows recto upper and lower right. Title proper on recto is the work of a later editor--Simeon DeWitt or his assign--subsequent to 1820. Title number also occurs on verso in Erskine's hand. Index title, statement of responsibility, date, series title and series numbering also by Erskine, but on separate index sheet filed at head of series. Watermarks: "W H" beneath lily, similar to no. 693 in Gravell, Thomas L. and George Miller. Catalogue of American watermarks 1690-1835. New York: 1979. (Thrice).
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PID
nyhs:243301
NYHS Identifier
Maps -- M30
M004683
n000103m
Language
Owning Institution
Full Title
(Continuation) From Chester to Bethlehem. No 69-8th / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
Digital Format
Digital Origin
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Date Created
1779
Date Issued
1779
Extent
1 map on 3 assembled sheets : ms. ; 78 x 39 cm
Archival Coordinates
(W75⁰09ʹ--W75.⁰00ʹ/N40⁰53ʹ--N40⁰44ʹ)
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