Cartographic Roads from New Windsor to Goshen Florida Chester +c. No 128 1st / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Date probably 1782- based on presence of a label for the Hasbrouck house at Newburgh- which was Washington's HQ from April of that year. In pencil on recto: "No 128". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of New Windsor- Cornwall and Montgomery in Orange County- New York. Also shows position of troops; also buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Stained- soiled- foxed- creased and abraded. Mounted on cloth- bound and cropped- disbound and silked by subsequent owners. View Item
Cartographic [Map of roads in the area bounded by Peekskill and Fishkill (N.Y.) Quaker Hill and Ridgeberry (Conn.)] No 131 Attributed to Eskine by cataloger. Date based on attribution to Erskine. In pencil on recto: "No 131". Military topographic map. Covers the towns of Dover- Pawling- Beekman and East Fishkill in Dutchess County; of Phillipstown- Putnam Valley- Kent- Carmel- South East and Patterson in Putnam County; and of North Salem- Somers- Yorktown and Cortlandt in Westchester County- New York; also the town of Ridgefield in Fairfield County- Connecticut. Map shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Watercolor for some township boundary lines. View Item
Cartographic Roads about White Plains. No 59 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. A variant of the title given by Guthorn: appears on map No. 120 of the series which- as soiling shows- was once pasted above the lower margin of this map- no. 59. In ink on verso: "No. 59 Joined to No. 25. 32 & 60." There is no evidence that these sheets were ever physically joined- although nos. 25 and 32 do cover adjacent areas. (Map no. 25 is missing.) No. 60 is a copy of this map- no. 59. Military topographic map. Covers most of Westchester County- New York and western Fairfield County- Connecticut; also covers northern New York City. View Item
Cartographic Mensurations on the Ice : Feby 7th 1780. Includes text: "Measured on the Ice Feby. 7th Monday 1780 by [...] De[Witt] & Lodge". Both these men served under Erskine. Military topographic map. Covers the counties of Rockland and Westchester in New York. Shows dimensions of that widening of the Hudson River called "Haverstraw Bay." Also shows some roads. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Soiled- foxed- creased- frayed and abraded. Sheathed in mylar. Watermark: none. References: Guthorn- Peter J. American maps and map makers of the revolution- p. 18. View Item
Cartographic From Newborough towds Albany continued. No 93 B / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. In ink on verso: "B B". In pencil on recto: "No 93 B" (twice). Includes text "Whitneys There they told me I was about opposite to Poughkeepsie." Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Marlboro and Lloyd in Ulster County- New York. Shows roads running through Milton. 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. View Item
Cartographic The Winter-Cantonment of the American Army and it's Vicinity for 1783 / S. De Witt Geogr. to U.S. Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Newburg- New Windsor- Cornwall and Blooming Grove in Orange County- New York. Shows roads- streams- landforms- buildings and owners' names. Pen-and-ink on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Soiled- 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. Re-lined with sturdy stock and China paper. Sheathed in mylar. View Item
Cartographic Nichol's Hill North Rr. Butter Hill +c No 1 D / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants ; Surveyed Decemr. 1777 by Robt Erskine F.R.S. Also on verso: "60.48 29.12-" minor unfinished sketch. Foxed- creased- abraded and badly frayed. 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: N.1.D. Military fortification map. Covers Fort Plum Point- near modern Cornwall-on-Hudson in the town of New Windsor- Orange County- New York. Butter Hill is now called Storm King Mountain; it overlooks the mapped area from the southeast. Nichol's Hill has not been identified. Neither peak is shown on the map. View Item
Cartographic Road from Judge Jay's near Fishkill to Robinsons Mills. No 38 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Foxed- creased- frayed- cracked- torn 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. Lined with China paper. In ink on verso: "No. 38". In pencil on recto: "No 38". Military topographic map. Covers the towns of East Fishkill- Carmel- Putnam Valley and Kent in Putnam County- New York. Shows roads running through Hortontown- Wickopee- Tompkins Corners- Mahopac Mines- Mead Corners and East Fishkill. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms- wetlands and streams. View Item
Cartographic New York Philada + Neighboring Country : 8 miles to an Inch. No. 66 / [fr.] S. Dewitt ; by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Imperfect: lacking two 1 x 1 cm. patches near center of map. In ink on verso: "No. 66-". In pencil on recto: "No 66". Military topographic map. Covers northern New Jersey and adjacent parts of Pennsylvania- New York south of New Paltz- and western Connecticut. Shows roads- towns- streams. Pen-and-ink- grey wash- pencil on laid paper. Prime meridian New York (N.Y.). Shows some relief by hachures. Stained- 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. Lined with China paper. View Item
Cartographic Between Kingston + Albany thro' Catskill. No 93 G / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. 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: "G G G". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Catskill- Athens and Coxsackie in Greene County- New York. Shows roads running through Quarry Hill and Catskill. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. View Item
Cartographic From Rockaway Bridge across Horse Neck. No 48 1st / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Foxed 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 48". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Caldwell in Essex County and Montville in Morris County- New Jersey. Shows roads running across the former Horseneck Bridge and through Clinton; this area is now called Fairfield. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. No watermark. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. View Item
Cartographic Between Albany and Fishkills thro Claverack. No 93 O / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. In erased pencil on recto: "No 93 O". In ink on verso: "O Oo Oo". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Ghent- Claverack and Greenport in Columbia County- New York. Shows roads running through Claverack. 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. View Item
Cartographic Between Kingston + Albany. No 93 F / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Foxed- 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 erased pencil on recto: "No 93 F". In ink on verso: "F F F". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Saugerties in Ulster County and of Catskill in Greene County- New York. Shows roads running through Sangerties- Malden-on-Hudson and West Camp. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. View Item
Cartographic From near New Windsor through Chester to Mace's Tavern. No. 51 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Imperfect: separate piece of original (laid paper) lost from lower left corner; note evidence of pasting. In ink on verso: "No. 51." "Rough Draughts". In pencil on recto: "No 51". In pencil on verso: "Fort Washington." Military topographic map. Covers the towns of Chester- Blooming Grove- Cornwall and New Windsor in Orange County- New York. Shows roads running through Vailsgate- Meadowbrook- Salisbury Mills- Washingtonville- Blooming Grove- Craigsville- Chester and East Chester. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. No watermarks. View Item
Cartographic Road from Peter Schuylers to the Forks and Horse Neck at Henry Pierce's + from the Forks to To[t]oway Bridge past the Great Falls of the Passaick. No 48 2nd / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Also in ink on verso: "N 48". In pencil on recto: "No 48 2nd". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Little Falls- Manchester and Wayne in Passaic County and of Pequannac in Morris County- New Jersey. Shows roads running through Pompton Plains- Wayne- Mountain View- Two Bridges- Fairfield- Clinton and Totowa. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on two pieces laid paper and one piece wove paper. Shows relief by hachures. Stained- creased- foxed and abraded. Razor cuts and pinpricks for copying. View Item
Cartographic From Elizabeth Town Point to Totowa : (2 Miles to an Inch) No 82 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. In pencil on recto: "No 82". Military topographic map. Covers parts of Passaic- Essex and Union counties in New Jersey. Shows roads running through Elizabeth- Newark- Belleville- Clifton- South Paterson and Totowa. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Stained- soiled- 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. View Item
Cartographic Road through Peekskill Hollow +c. No 50 B / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Foxed- frayed and abraded. Pinpricks for copying. 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. 50. B Done July 1779". In pencil on recto: "No 50 B". Includes text: "NB its but apath thro' Fields from Drake[s] Mill past owen's to the Village". Military topographic map. Covers the towns of Putnam Valley and Phillipstown in Putnam County- New York. View Item
Cartographic Contraction from Hartford New Haven Norwalk Bedford +c. No 102 / Robt Erskine F.R.S. Delt. 1779 ; by RE ; by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Imperfect: lacking 2 x 3 cm. at left center. In ink on verso: "No. 102". In pencil on recto: "No 102". Military topographic map. Covers Westchester- Putnam- Nassau and Suffolk counties in New York- and also New York City; and Fairfield- Litchfield- New Haven and Hartford Counties in Connecticut. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Planar projection. Soiled- stained- mildewed creased- frayed and abraded. Mounted on cloth- bound- disbound and silked by subsequent owners. Cleaned after removal of backings 1999; relined with China paper. Sheathed in mylar. View Item
Cartographic Sktch of the Country about New Windsor and the roads intersecting it with names of the principal inhabitants. Foxed- 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 pencil on verso: "for F De Peyster Esq." DePeyster was a 19th century official of the New York Historical Society. Military topographic map. Covers the towns of New Windsor- Newburg- Cornwall and Blooming Grove in Orange County- New York. Shows roads- some buildings and owners' names- streams and landforms. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. View Item
Cartographic Roads from Ringwood to Pompton Plains and from Pompton Plains to Sufferns. No 42 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Also in ink on verso: "42". 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 42" (twice). Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Franklin and Hohokus in Bergen County- New Jersey; of Pompton in Passaic County- New Jersey; and of Ramapo in Rockland County- New York. Shows roads running though Ringwood- Erskine- Ringwood Junction- Midvale- Wanaque- Haskell- Pompton Lakes- Oakland- Darlington and Suffern. View Item
Cartographic Road from Ringwood to Slott's on the New Windsor Road. No 41 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. 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. Map label at Ringwood: "Robt. Erskine Esqr. Surveyor Genl. for the Army of the United States of America--". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Werwick and Tuxedo in Orange County- New York- Ramapo in Rockland County- New York- and Pompton in Passaic County- New Jersey. Shows roads running though Lakeville- Sterling Furnace- Ringwood- Eagle Valley- Sloatsburg and the Tuxedo Lake area. View Item
Cartographic Cross-road above Dobbs Ferry from Post Road to Saw-mill Rd. No 16 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Foxed- creased- 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: "No 16." In ink on verso: "N. 16". Includes text: "Ends at Road below the 28 mile stone in No. 9". Military topographic map. Covers the town of Greenburg- Westchester County- New York. Shows roads running through Dublin (modern Irvington) as well as Dobbs Ferry. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. View Item
Cartographic Near the White Plains across from Sawmill River towards the Brunks to near Thos. Thompson's. No 120 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Foxed and severely abraded. Cropped. For a time pasted above the lower margin of map No. 59 in series. Cleaned after removal of backings 1999; some fill remains. Sheathed in mylar. Military topographic map covering an area in Westchester County- New York. Probably the road shown as a dotted line on the map titled "A Draught of the Ground between the White Plains and Kingsbridge." This map shows buildings- 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. View Item
Cartographic Between Kingston + Albany thro' Kooksakie. No 93 H / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. 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 erased pencil on recto: "No 93 H". In ink on verso: "H H H". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Athens- Coxsackie and New Baltimore in Greene County- New York. Shows roads running through West Athens and West Coxsackie. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. View Item
Cartographic Draught of the Roads from Fishkill to Danbury &c. &c. No 35 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. In pencil on recto: "No 35-" "Love L". Military topographic map. Covers an area between the Hudson and Houstonic Rivers; i.e.- most of Putnam and Dutchess Counties in New York- northern Fairfield County and part of Litchfield County in Connecticut. Shows roads- buildings and owners' names- also landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on five pieces laid paper- assembled. Sixth piece at upper left has wove finish. Shows relief by hachures. Title proper from recto is the work of a later editor--Simeon DeWitt or his assign--subsequent to 1820. View Item
Cartographic Continuation of Road [t]hrough the Clove to Newbo[r]ough No 5 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. In ink on both recto and verso: "No. 5". Military topographic map. Covers an area in the towns of New Windsor and Cornwall- Orange County- New York; "Murderers Creek" is now called Moodna Creek. Shows roads running through Newburg- New Windsor- Vailsgate- Idlewild and Houghton Farm. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Lower corner uses paper of a different origin. Shows relief by hachures. Title proper from recto is the work of a later editor--Simeon DeWitt or his assign--subsequent to 1820. View Item
Cartographic From Fishkill to Newborough. No 93 V / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. In ink on verso: lots of squiggles. In pencil on recto: "No 93 V". Includes text: "The Remarks of this See on No 6 Rough Drafts". Military topographic map. Covers the township of Fishkill in Dutchess County- New York. Shows roads running through Fishkill Village- Glenham- Groveville and Fishkill. 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- disbound and silked by subsequent owners. Cleaned after removal of backings 1999; some fill remains. Sheathed in mylar. View Item
Cartographic Vicinity of Ft Montgomery +c. No 1 B pt. 2nd / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. 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 "Part of No. 1 Large Scale N.1.B". In pencil on recto: "No 1 B." Military topographic map. Covers the towns of Stony Point in Rockland County and of Highland and Woodbury in Orange County- New York. Shows roads- forts- landforms- streams and wetlands. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. View Item
Cartographic From Croton Bridge towards the N. River and from Michl. Lounsbury's to Devenport's Tavern. No 23 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. 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 23". Military topographic map. Covers the towns of Yorktown and Newcastle in Westchester County- New York. Map shows roads running through Kitchawan- Pine Bridge and Tompkins Corners. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. View Item
Cartographic From Dobbs Ferry to Peramus. No 110 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. In erased pencil on recto: "No 110". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Orangetown in Rockland County- New York- and of Harrington and Washington in Bergen County- New Jersey. Shows roads running through Sneden Landing N.Y.- Harrington Park- Westwood and Paramus N.J. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. 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. View Item