Roads from Newborough to Fort Lee. No 36 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.

Military topographic map. Covers Orange and Rockland Counties in New York and Bergen- Passaic- Morris and Essex Counties in New Jersey. Shows roads- buildings and owners' names- also landforms- wetlands and streams. Shows relief by hachures. Title proper from recto is 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 also by Erskine- but on separate index sheet filed at head of series. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper.

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Military topographic map. Covers Orange and Rockland Counties in New York and Bergen- Passaic- Morris and Essex Counties in New Jersey. Shows roads- buildings and owners' names- also landforms- wetlands and streams. Shows relief by hachures. Title proper from recto is 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 also by Erskine- but on separate index sheet filed at head of series. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Watermarks: "S & K" (twice)- lily accompanied by monogram (twice)- lily (once)- Britannia accompanied by "CR" with pendant crown (twice). Stained- foxed- creased- frayed- cut- torn and abraded. Small burn holes. 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. Lined with China paper. Sheathed in mylar. Upper half shows lines of latitude and "Longitude East from Philadelphia." Text in ink- lines in pencil. In pencil on recto: "No 36". In ink on verso- top fragment "No. 36"; across join between top and center fragments- "No. 36"; on bottom fragment- "36".
PID
nyhs:243197
NYHS Identifier
Maps -- M30
Member of
Owning Institution
Full Title
Roads from Newborough to Fort Lee. No 36 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
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digitized other analog
Date Created
1778
Date Issued
1778
Extent
1 map on 9 assembled sheets : ms. ; 129 x 85 cm.
irregularly shaped

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