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From near Doyles Tavern, Swedes Ford Road into the old York Road + along it towards Morristown. No 73, 2nd / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.

Creased, torn, 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. Military topographic map. Covers Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Shows roads running through Doylestown, Buckingham and Lahaska. Also shows buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. 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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Creased, torn, 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. Military topographic map. Covers Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Shows roads running through Doylestown, Buckingham and Lahaska. Also shows buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. 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 and series title also by Erskine, but on separate index sheet filed at head of series. Series numbering inferred by cataloger. Watermark: "T M W" accompanied by dove, similar to Gravell and Miller American watermarks nos. 658 amd 659. References: Guthorn, Peter J. American maps and map makers of the revolution, p. 17-22.
PID
nyhs:243316
NYHS Identifier
Maps -- M30
M004454
n000118m
Owning Institution
Full Title
From near Doyles Tavern, Swedes Ford Road into the old York Road + along it towards Morristown. No 73, 2nd / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
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Digital Origin
digitized other analog
Date Created
1779
Date Issued
1779
Extent
1 map : ms. ; 31 x 40 cm
Archival Coordinates
(W75⁰09ʹ--W75.⁰01ʹ/N40⁰22ʹ--N40⁰18ʹ)
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