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Draught of the Roads from Fishkill to Danbury &c. &c. No 35 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.

In pencil on recto: "No 35," "Love L". Military topographic map. Covers an area between the Hudson and Houstonic Rivers; i.e., most of Putnam and Dutchess Counties in New York, northern Fairfield County and part of Litchfield County in Connecticut. Shows roads, buildings and owners' names, also landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on five pieces laid paper, assembled. Sixth piece at upper left has wove finish. Shows relief by hachures. 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 35," "Love L". Military topographic map. Covers an area between the Hudson and Houstonic Rivers; i.e., most of Putnam and Dutchess Counties in New York, northern Fairfield County and part of Litchfield County in Connecticut. Shows roads, buildings and owners' names, also landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on five pieces laid paper, assembled. Sixth piece at upper left has wove finish. Shows relief by hachures. 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. Torn, 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. Lined with China paper. Sheathed in mylar. Watermarks: lily (twice) and, on separate sheets, S & K (twice). Largest sheet bears none.
PID
nyhs:243242
NYHS Identifier
Maps -- M30
M004601
n000044m
Owning Institution
Full Title
Draught of the Roads from Fishkill to Danbury &c. &c. No 35 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
Digital Format
Digital Origin
digitized other analog
Date Created
1778
Date Issued
1778
Extent
1 map on several assembled sheets : ms. ; 55 x 87 cm
Archival Coordinates
(W74⁰02ʹ--W73.⁰27ʹ/N41⁰40ʹ--N41⁰22ʹ)
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