Road from Newborough to Peeks kill. No. 6. & 7 (both sides) ; Road from Newborrough to Peeks kill. No. 6 & 7 (both sides) / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.

Frayed- creased- foxed and abraded. Mounted on cloth- bound and cropped- disbound- silked by later owners. Cleaned after removal of backings 1999. Sheathed in mylar. In ink on recto- but in reverse writing: "Jacob DeWitt" (printed)- "Jacob DeWitt" (signature). In ink on recto: "No. 6 - No. 7". In ink on verso: "No. 6 + 7". Maps show relief by hachures. Military topographic maps. Maps cover the towns of Fishkill and Phillipstown in Putnam County and of Peekskill in Westchester County- New York. They show roads running through Fishkill- Fishkill Village- McKeel Corners- Nelson Corners- Travis Corners- Cortlandville and Garrison. They also show buildings and owners' names; also landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink on laid paper. Recto- covering the area south of Fishkill Village and Beacon- has an inverted cartouche at the upper center or north end of sheet. Verso- covering an area further south and nearer Peekskill- has an upright cartouche at the upper right or north end of sheet. Titles in cartouches recto and verso are the work of a later editor--Simeon DeWitt or his assign--subsequent to 1820. Index title- statement of responsibility- date- series title and series numbering are in Erskine's hand and may be cited as such- but exist on a separate index sheet filed at head of series. Watermarks: lily- monogram. References: Guthorn- Peter J. American Maps and Map Makers of the Revolution- p. 17-22.