R. from 15 M. stone near Suffran's to Ft Lee Hackensack Closter Tappan Clarkstown Haverstraw +c. No 26 / by J. Watkins Esqr ; surveys made by Capt: John W: Watkins A:B: ; by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.

Military topographic map. Covers most of Rockland County- New York- and Bergen County- New Jersey. Shows roads running through Suffern- Saddle River- Paramus and Hackensack- as well as Haverstraw- Clarksville- Tappan- Tenefly and Closter. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms- ground cover- wetlands and streams. Shows relief by hachures. Title proper and first statement of responsibility from recto are the work of a later editor--Simeon DeWitt or his assign--subsequent to 1820. Second statement of responsibility and detailed date also from apparently written by Watkins. Index title- third statement of responsibility- annualar date- series title and series numbering by Erskine- but on separate index sheet filed at head of series. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Various watermarks: "W STIDOLPH" similar to Gravell and Miller foreign watermark no. 648; date before 1785. "PRO PATRIA" with pendulant "B"- accompanied by medallion (two sheets). "T Y M" with a miniscule "p" superimposed on the "T"- accompanied by a crown (four sheets). "W&BO 180"; date probably 1800 as on map No 24 of this series. Foxed- creased- frayed- and abraded. Cut into 3 pieces. Mounted on cloth- bound and cropped- disbound and silked by subsequent owners. Cleaned after removal of backings 1999; some fill remains. Sheathed in mylar. In pencil on recto: "No 26". In ink on verso: "No. 26" "No 26" (center fragment)- "No. 26" (across cut between center and lower fragements).