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Road from Chatham to Horseneck. No 104, E / by by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.

In pencil on recto: "No 104 E". Military topographic maps. The left and right drawings, meeting at point "A," constitute the principal map. The drawing at center is a mere "contraction" of this. Both maps cover the townships of Milburn, Livingston, North Caldwell and Caldwell in Essex County, New Jersey, and show roads running through Chatham, Northfield, Livingston, Roseland, Essex Fells, Caldwell and Franklin. They also show buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Soiled, stained, frayed and abraded.

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In pencil on recto: "No 104 E". Military topographic maps. The left and right drawings, meeting at point "A," constitute the principal map. The drawing at center is a mere "contraction" of this. Both maps cover the townships of Milburn, Livingston, North Caldwell and Caldwell in Essex County, New Jersey, and show roads running through Chatham, Northfield, Livingston, Roseland, Essex Fells, Caldwell and Franklin. They also show buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Soiled, stained, frayed and abraded. Mounted on cloth, dissected, 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 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: none.
PID
nyhs:243446
NYHS Identifier
Maps -- M30
M004661
n000244m
Owning Institution
Full Title
Road from Chatham to Horseneck. No 104, E / by by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
Digital Format
Digital Origin
digitized other analog
Date Created
1780
Date Issued
1780
Extent
2 maps on 1 sheet : ms. ; 43 x 30 and 12 x 8 cm.
sheet 38 x 50 cm
Archival Coordinates
(W74⁰23ʹ--W74.⁰16ʹ/N40⁰53ʹ--N40⁰44ʹ)
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