Erskine, Robert, 1735-1780

Creased, foxed stained, soiled 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. In pencil on recto and verso: "No 92 A". Military topographic map. Covers the counties of Lackawanna, Luzerne and Wyoming, Pennsylvania. Shows roads running through Wyoming Valley and Pittston. Also shows landforms and streams. Number accompanying verso title written in different ink.

Foxed, 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. In ink on verso: "K K K". In pencil on recto: "No 93 K". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Coeyman and Bethlehem in Albany County, New York. Shows roads running through Cedar Hill and Glenmont. Also shows buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures.

In pencil on recto: "No 103 2nd" and on verso "No: 103." Military topographical map. Covers parts of New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Sheet carries no title on verso. Shows relief by hachures. Soiled, stained, 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.

In ink on verso: "No. 84. B." Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Highland and Woodbury in Orange County, New York. Shows more land to the west than does sheet 84,A. Also shows roads, buildings and owners' names, also landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Soiled and abraded. Mounted on cloth, bound, 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.

In ink on recto: "No. 86. B2d". Includes texts. To the east, "for the Remarks of the Road see Rough Draft No 5[1]." To the west, "For the Remarks of this Road See Rough Draft No 69." Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Chester and Warwick in Orange County, New York. Shows roads running through East Chester, Sugarloaf, Warwick, Bellvale, Mt. Peter and Dutch Hollow. Also shows buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams. No title on map recto or verso.

In ink on verso: "No. 87 F." In pencil on recto: "No 87 F". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Northampton, Lumberton, Mount Laurel, Chester and Cinnaminson in Burlington County and of Pensauken in Camden County, New Jersey. Shows roads running through Morrisville, Parry, New Albany, Union Mills, Hainesport and Mount Holly. Also shows buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Soiled, foxed, creased, frayed and abraded. Mounted on cloth, cropped, bound, disbound and silked by subsequent owners.

In erased pencil on recto: "No 77 C". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Greenwich and Pohatcong in Warren County and of Bethlehem in Hunterdon County, New Jersey; also covers part of Berks County, Pennsylvania. Shows roads running through Bloomsbury, Kennedy Mills, Still Valley and Phillipsburg in New Jersey as well as Easton, Pennsylvania. 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.

Foxed, creased, 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. In pencil on recto: "No 43 B". Military topographic map. Covers the township of Newtown in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Shows roads running through Sandy Hook and Newtown. 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.

Foxed, stained, 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. In ink on verso: "I I I". In pencil on recto: "No 93 I". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of New Baltimore in Green County and of Coeyman in Albany County, New York. Shows roads running through Ravena and Coeyman. Also shows buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures.

Foxed, creased, 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 the towns of Mt. Pleasant, Ossining and Cortlandt on the left bank of the Hudson River in Westchester County, New York. Shows roads running through Eastview, Tarrytown, Ossining and Croton. Also shows buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures.

Foxed, soiled, stained and abraded. 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. In pencil on recto: "No 91 A". Military topographic map. Covers parts of the counties of Luzerne, Monroe and Northampton in Pennsylvania. Shows roads between Easton and Wyoming. Also shows buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on 2 peieces laid paper. One additional piece of laid, another of wove finish paper added later at corners.

Coordinates approximate. Orientation of map unknown. Foxed, 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. In ink on recto and verso: "No. 11" In pencil on verso: "No 11." Military topographic map. Covers a small area in southern Westchester County, New York; shows road running through White Plains, Scarsdale and Tuckahoe; the "Younkers River" was later Troublesome Brook. Map shows roads and owners' names; also landforms. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper.

In ink on verso: "L L L". In pencil on recto: "No 93 L". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Bethlehem in Albany County, East Greenbush and Schodack in Rensselaer County, New York. Shows roads running through Albany, East Greenbush and Schodack Center. 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, disbound and silked by subsequent owners. Cleaned after removal of backings 1999; some fill remains. Sheathed in mylar.

Foxed, creased, 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. In ink on verso: William. Includes an untitled inset map pasted upside down at lower right of main sheet. This inset shows the road between Morristown and Monroe in greater detail. Military topographic map. Covers the township of Hanover in Morris County, New Jersey. Shows roads running through Morristown, Monroe, Whippany and Troy Hills. Also shows buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams.

Foxed, 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. In ink on verso: "No. 18". In pencil on recto: "No 18". Includes text: "See other Side of No. 1--". Military topographic map. Covers an area in the town of Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York. Shows roads running through Neperan, Sherman Park, Pleasantville, Chappaqua and Newcastle. Also shows buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper.

Foxed, creased, 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. In pencil on recto: "No 104 A". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Passaic and Morris in Morris County and of Bernard in Somerset County, New Jersey. Shows roads running through Chatham, Morristown, Logansville, Millington and Liberty Corner. Also shows buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures.

In pencil on recto: "No 103 1st" and on verso "No 103." Military topographical map. Covers parts of New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Sheet carries no title on verso. Shows relief by hachures. Soiled, stained, 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.

Imperfect: 15 x 19 cm. at lower right corner cut out after drawing complete; compare cuts to those on 75,A. In pencil on recto: "No 75 B". Military topographic map; lower segment fits to the southeast of the upper one. Map covers the townships of Summit, Springfield and Union in Union County, New Jersey. Shows roads running through Springfield and Elizabeth. Also shows buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Stained, creased and abraded. Mounted on cloth, bound and cropped, disbound and silked by subsequent owners.

Foxed, creased, 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. In pencil on recto, in ink on verso: "No 22". Military topographic map. Covers the towns of Ossining, Newcastle and North Castle in Westchester County, New York. Shows roads running through Briarcliff Manor and Chappaqua. Also shows buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures.

In ink on recto: "B". In pencil on recto: "No 67 B". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Montclair, Plainfield, West Orange, South Orange and Milburn in Essex County, New Jersey. Shows roads running through Brookdale, Franklin, Bloomfield, Watsessing, South Orange and Wyoming. Also shows buildings and owners' names, also landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Stained, foxed, creased, frayed and abraded. Mounted on cloth, bound and cropped, disbound and silked by subsequent owners.

Creased, stained, soiled, torn and severly 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. In pencil on recto: "No 92 D". Military topographic map. Covers Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Shows roads running through Mount Pocono. Also shows buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Paper itself highly imperfect. Scale from index title; confirmed by measuring the map itself. Shows relief by hachures.

In erased pencil on recto, "No 97 B". Military topographic map. Covers the towns of Canandaigua, Bristol and Richmond in Ontario County and of Livonia in Livingston County, New York. Shows roads running through Canandaigua, Vicent, Honeoye and Glenville. Also shows landforms and streams. Hemlock formerly Conesus Lake is incorrectly labeled as Conycadice Lake. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Stained, creased and abraded. Mounted on cloth, cropped, bound, disbound and silked by subsequent owners. Cleaned after removal of backings 1999; some fill remains.

In erased pencil on recto: "No 77 C". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Franklin and Readington in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Shows roads running through Lansdowne, Hamden, Sunnyside, Stanton and Pleasant Run. Also shows buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams. Notice that the verso title's "Letter B of the same number" properly refers to sheet 77,B not to any mark on sheet 77,C. 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.

In pencil on recto: "No 69 5th". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Lafayette and Hampton in Sussex County, New Jersey. Shows roads running through Newton. Also shows buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Stained, foxed, 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 on recto is the work of a later editor--Simeon DeWitt or his assign--subsequent to 1820.

In ink on verso: "No. 69 6th. Sheet SD SD SD SD SD SD". In pencil on recto: "No 69 6th". Military topographic map. Covers the township of Frelinghuysen in Warren County, New Jersey. Also shows buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Stained, 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 on recto is the work of a later editor--Simeon DeWitt or his assign--subsequent to 1820.

In pencil on recto: "No 43 A". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Southbury, Woodbury and Middlebury in New Haven County and of Newtown in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Shows roads running through Woodbury, White Oaks, Southbury, Pomperaug Valley and Bennetts Bridge. Also shows buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Soiled, foxed, creased, frayed, and abraded. Mounted on cloth, bound and cropped, disbound and silked by subsequent owners. Cleaned after removal of backings 1999; some fill remains.

Also in ink on verso: "Road from near Veal". Foxed, 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. In pencil on recto: "No 73 6th". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Bedminster and Bernard in Somerset County, New Jersey. Shows roads running through Greater Crossroads, Bedminster and Far Hills. Also shows buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures.

Title as given by Guthorn: North Eastern New Jersey, the Hudson Highlands, Westchester Couty, Western Connecticut, Western Long Island and New York Bay to the base of Sandy Hook. B. Part 1. In pencil on verso "Maps by DeWitt Geo. U.S.A. for F. De Peyster Esq." This is a later text; Frederic De Peyster was an officer of the New-York Historical Society during the mid-19th century. Includes inset covering central Connecticut. Military topographic map. Covers northern New Jersey, the southernmost tip of New York and western Connecticut. Shows roads, landforms and streams.

In pencil on recto: "No 87 D". Military topographic map. Covers the city of Philadelphia and the townships of Bristol and Bensalem in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Shows roads running through Bristol, Eddington, Maud, Andalusia, Holmesburg and Frankford, now in Philadelphia. Also shows buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Soiled, creased, torn, frayed and abraded. Mounted on cloth, cropped, bound, disbound and silked by subsequent owners. Cleaned after removal of backings 1999; some fill remains. Lined with China paper.

In pencil on recto: "No [8]4". Includes brief text. Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Highland and Woodbury in Orange County, New York. Shows roads, buildings and owners' names, also landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Stained, 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.