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From Hackettstown to Johnson's Upper Mills. No 119, B / S DeWitt Geographer to the Army of the United States ; by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.

Date of 1780 or 1781 based on verso text to sheet 119,F of series. First statement of responsibility from verso text on sheet 119,F of series. In erased pencil on recto: "No 119 ..." Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Allamuchy, Independence, Mansfield and Washington in Warren County, New Jersey. Shows roads running through Hackettstown, Beatyestown, Penwell and Anderson. Also shows buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Stained, soiled , creased and abraded.

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Date of 1780 or 1781 based on verso text to sheet 119,F of series. First statement of responsibility from verso text on sheet 119,F of series. In erased pencil on recto: "No 119 ..." Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Allamuchy, Independence, Mansfield and Washington in Warren County, New Jersey. Shows roads running through Hackettstown, Beatyestown, Penwell and Anderson. Also shows buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Stained, soiled , 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. Title proper from recto is the work of a later editor--Simeon DeWitt or his assign--subsequent to 1820. Title from verso is contemporaneous with map and may be cited as such. Index title, second statement of responsibility, series title and series numbering also contemporaneous, but on separate index sheet filed at head of series. Watermark: "J WHATMAN" accompanied by crest (no pendent initials). References: Guthorn, Peter J. American maps and map makers of the revolution, p. 17-22.
PID
nyhs:243464
NYHS Identifier
Maps -- M30
M004648
n000262m
Owning Institution
Full Title
From Hackettstown to Johnson's Upper Mills. No 119, B / S DeWitt Geographer to the Army of the United States ; by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
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Digital Origin
digitized other analog
Date Created
1780 to 1781
Date Issued
1780 to 1781
Extent
1 map : ms. ; 60 x 49 cm
Archival Coordinates
(W74⁰58ʹ--W74.⁰49ʹ/N40⁰54ʹ--N40⁰43ʹ)
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