Cartographic Between Albany + Fishkills thro' Kinderhook No 93 N / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Also on verso: fully developed hatchures of unidentified mountains and the profile portrait of a youthful man- both in Erskine's hand. It is possible that the portrait is of Erskine himself; no other portrait is known. In erased pencil on recto: "No 93 N". In ink on verso: "N N N". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Kinderhook and Ghent in Columbia County- New York. Shows roads running through Kinderhook and West Ghent. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Soiled- creased and abraded. View Item
Cartographic About White Plains. No 60 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. In ink on recto: geometrical sketches- "No. 60". In pencil on recto: "No 60". Military topographic map. Covers most of Westchester County- New York and western Fairfield County- Connecticut; also covers northern New York City. Shows roads- buildings and owners' names- also landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Stained- 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. Sheathed in mylar. View Item
Cartographic Sketch : 1778 / by R Erskine F.R.S. Geographer to the army of the United States. Military topographic map. Covers western Connecticut- the southernmost tip of New York and northwestern New Jersey. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures and pictorially. Stained- 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. Newly backed with China paper. Sheathed in mylar. Title proper and statement of responsibility from recto is original. Watermark: "L V GERREVINK" beneath crest- similar to Gravell and Miller foreign watermark no. View Item
Cartographic Road through Peekskill Hollow. No 50 A / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Also in ink on verso: "No. 50A. Done Octr. 1778"- "of Famous Samuel". 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 pencil on recto: "No 50 A". Inset map or "contraction" covers same area at "1 mile to an Inch--" i.e.- 1:63-360. Military topographic map. Covers the towns of Putnam Valley and Carmel in Putnam County- New York. Show roads running through Putnam Valley- Adams Corners and Tompkins Corners. View Item
Cartographic Road from Quibbletown to Amboy; and places by bearings. No 55 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants ; pr Capt. Scull. Badly 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: "Elizabeth Amboy A"- "No. 55". In pencil on recto: "No 55". Military topographic map. Covers Somerset and Middlesex Counties in New Jersey and Richmond County in New York. View Item
Cartographic Between Albany and Fishkills to the Red Hook. No 93 P / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Foxed- 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. In erased pencil on recto: "No 93 P". In ink on verso: "P P P p". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Claverack- Livingston and Clermont in Columbia County- New York. Shows roads running through Humphreysville- Livingston- Blue Store and Clermont. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. View Item
Cartographic Roads from New Windsor to Goshen Florida Chester +c. No 128 (3rd) / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Date probably 1782- based on association with sheet 128-1st. Imperfect: lacking 16 x 1 cm. at upper right. In pencil on recto: "No 128". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Warwick in Orange County- New York- and of Vernon in Sussex County- New Jersey. Shows roads running through Florida- Warwick- Edenville and Blooms Corners. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Stained- soiled and abraded. Mounted on cloth- bound and cropped- disbound and silked by subsequent owners. View Item
Cartographic [Map of Snake Hill between Dussenberries and Hasbrooks Mill New York] No 128 (5th) / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Date probably 1782- based on association with sheet 128-1st. Drawing tentatively attributed to DeWitt by cataloger. Military topographic or fortification map. Covers the towns of New Windsor and Newburg in Orange County- New York. Shows buildings and owners' names- 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. Title proper supplied by cataloger. View Item
Cartographic Between Albany + Fishkill - to the Town of Fishkill. No 93 U / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Foxed- stained- creased and abraded. Mounted on cloth- cropped and bound- disbound and silked by subsequent owners. Cleaned after removal of backings 1999; some fill remains. Sheathed in mylar. In ink on verso: "U U U" and "Finis". In pencil on recto: "No 93 U". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Poughkeepsie- Wappinger and Fishkill in Dutchess County- New York. Shows roads running through Channingville- Wappinger Falls and Fishkill Village. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. View Item
Cartographic Contraction of a Road from Cortlandt Furnace towards Crumpont / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Title as given by Guthorn: Contraction of a Road from Cortlandt Furnace towards Crum pond. Foxed- 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. In ink on verso: "Belonging to No. 1" repeated twice; also "E" once. In pencil: "Should be attached to Map in DeWitt [Atlas]". Military topographic map. Covers an area SE of Peekskill- in the towns of Cortlandt and Yorktown- Westchester County- on the east bank of the Hudson River. View Item
Cartographic Between Albany + Fishkills through Poughkeepsie. No 93 T / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Foxed- soiled- creased and abraded. Mounted on cloth- cropped and bound- disbound and silked by subsequent owners. Cleaned after removal of backings 1999; some fill remains. Sheathed in mylar. In ink on verso: "T T T". In pencil on recto: "No 93 T". Military topographic map. Covers the township of Hyde Park and Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County- New York. Shows roads running through Poughkeepsie. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. View Item
Cartographic From Kingston towards Albany. No 93 E / 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 E". In ink on verso: "E E E". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Ulster and Saugerties in Ulster County- New York. Shows roads running through Kingston- Katrie and Glenerie. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. View Item
Cartographic From Coldenham towards Goshen the Walkill Road. No 128 (4th) / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Date probably 1782- based on association with sheet 128-1st. Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Montgomery and Hamptonburg in Orange County- New York. Shows roads running through Coldenham- Berea- Neelytown and Lagrange. Also shows buildings and owners' names. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. 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. Title proper from recto is the work of a later editor--Simeon DeWitt or his assign--subsequent to 1820. View Item
Cartographic Roads from New Windsor to Goshen Florida Chester +c. No 128 (2nd) / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Date probably 1782- based on association with sheet 128-1st. Imperfect: lacking small fragments along crease line. In pencil on recto: "No 128". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Hamptonburg- Blooming Grove- New Windsor and Goshen in Orange County- New York. Shows roads running thorugh Florida- Mapes Corners- Howell- Goshen- East Chester- Campbell Hall- Hamptonburg- Girard- Otterkill- Washingtonville and Little Britain. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Oriented with north to right of sheet. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. View Item
Cartographic Road from Easton to Chester (2 Miles to an Inch). No 68 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Military topographic map. Covers Orange County in New York and Sussex and Warren counties in New Jersey. Shows roads running through East Chester- Sugarloaf- Warwick and New Milford in New York; and Maple Grange- Vernon- Hamburg- North Church- Newton (formerly Sussex)- Hope- Swayze Mills- Oxford Church and Phillipsburg in New Jersey. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on 3 assembled pieces laid paper; 4 pieces having a wove finish added later. Shows relief by hachures. Stained- foxed- creased- torn- frayed and abraded. View Item
Cartographic From Newborough towds Albany (to Kingston) No 93 D / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. In ink on verso: "D D [D]". In pencil on recto: "No 93 D". Military topographic map. Covers the township of Esopus in Ulster County- New York. Shows roads running through Espous- Ulster Park- Port Ewen and Kingston. 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 Roads from Pompton towards Morristown. No 46 1st sheet ; From Warmley's to Ogdens Colehouse to join Mr. DeWitt. No 46 2nd sheet / 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 pencil on recto: "No 46 1st". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Pequannc and Montville in Morris County- Pompton and Wayne in Passaic County and Caldwell in Essex County- New Jersey. Shows roads running through Pompton Lakes- Pompton- Lincoln Park and Montville. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. View Item
Cartographic Between Albany and Fishkills. No 93 S / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. In erased pencil on recto: "No 93 S". In ink on verso: "S S S". Military topographic map. Covers the township of Hyde Park in Dutchess County- New York. Shows roads running through Staatsburg and Hyde Park. 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 Saw-mill River Road Valentine's Hill Post Road. No 13 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants Foxed- mildewed- 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 Yonkers and the town of Greenburg in Westchester County- New York. Shows roads running through Dobbs Ferry- Hastings-on Hudson and Yonkers in the east- and Ardsley- Primrose- Nepera Park- Dunwoodie- Bronxville and Tuckahoe on the west. Also shows buildings and owners' names; landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. View Item
Cartographic Contraction of the Roads from Below Robinsons Mills to Peekskill. No 45 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Foxed- creased- frayed- and abraded. Razorcuts and 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. Military topographic map. Covers an area within the towns of Cortlandt and Yorktown- Westchester County- New York. Shows roads running through Jefferson Valley- Shrub Oak and Cortlandville. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. View Item
Cartographic Surveys in New York & Connecticut States for His Excellency General Washington : Anno 1778 by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr: to the Army of the United States & Assistants ; W Scull delint. Has projection grid in faint pencil. Imperfect: lacks 19 x 12 at upper right corner and 3 x 8 cm. at center. Minor losses along frayed top and left edge. Military topographic map; not listed in Heusser nor Guthorn. Covers the counties of Fairfield in Connecticut and of Dutchess- Putnam and Westchester in New York; New York City and the northern shore of Long Island are also shown- but with less detail. Shows some buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. View Item
Cartographic Spherical Projections. No 100 / by R.E. ; by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants first sheet Collection of unfinished military topographic maps. The coordinates describe much of New Jersey but- aside from the coordinate grid itself- only small areas about Elizabethtown and Amboy- New Jersey- and about Warwick and Chester- New York- were ever mapped onto it. Title proper from recto of 1st sheet is the work of a later editor--Simeon DeWitt or his assign--subsequent to 1820. Index title- both statements of responsibility- date- scale statement- series title and series numbering by Erskine- but on separate index sheet filed at head of series. Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. View Item
Cartographic 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. View Item
Cartographic Surveys Done for His Excy General Washington : 1778 & 1779 / by Robt Erskine F.R.S. Geogr to the Army & Assistants Military topographic map; not listed in Heusser nor Guthorn. Covers the counties of Orange and Rockland in New York and of Passaic- Bergen- Hudson and Essex in New Jersey. Shows some roads; map appears to be incomplete in this respect as of date given. Also shows some buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Shows relief by hachures. Title proper and statement of responsibility from recto is original. Titles on verso are later. Date by cataloger- based on comparison to Erskine's dated sketch- "Mensurations on the Ice". Pen-and-ink- pencil on laid paper. View Item
Cartographic Roads from Peekskill to Pines Bridge on Croton River +c. No 32 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Also in ink on verso- a crossed-out text of which 500 words are extant; incipit "plane of which the representation is to be drawn- and the place of the Eyes. [Paragraph] The General principle [on which--crossed out] of Perspective [is the--crossed out] supposes pencils of rays...." Ancillary geometric drawings in ink and pencil on recto and verso. In pencil on recto: "No 32". Military topographic map. Covers the towns of Cortlandt- Ossining- Mt. Pleasant- Yorktown and Newcastle in Westchester County- New York. View Item
Cartographic A General Contraction 2 Miles to an Inch. No 37 / by R.E. ; by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Military topographic map. Covers the lower Hudson River Valley in New York- New Jersey and Connecticut- from Warwick (N.Y.) and Pompton Plains (N.J.) to New Milford and Danbury (Conn.)- and from Newburgh (N.Y.) to Staten Island (N.Y.). Shows roads- buildings and owners' names- also landforms 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- both statements of responsibility- date- series title and series numbering by Erskine- but on separate index sheet filed at head of series. View Item
Cartographic 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. View Item
Cartographic From Albany to Scoharie. No 52 1st Part [sic] / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants ; by Capt. Gray. Military topographic map. Covers the counties of Albany- Schenectady and Scoharie- New York. Shows roads running through Albany- Westmere- Guilderland- Hartmans Corners- Guilderland Center- Altamont- Knox- Gallupville- Shutter Corners and- just north of Schoharie- Vrooman Corners; also Quaker Street- Duanesburg- Princeton or Kelley Station- Rotterdam- Schnectady- Hawthorne Hill- Niskayuna- Freligh- Crescent Station to near Crescent- Cohoes and Watervliet. Map also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Shows relief by hachures. View Item
Cartographic Road from Suffrans to June's King's Ferry Fort Montgomery +c. No 1 A ; Road from Peekskill to Teller's Point Tarrytown +c. No 1 B / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants. Military topographic maps. Map 1A on recto covers the towns of Woodbury and Tuxedo in Orange County- and of Highland- Stoney Point- Haverstraw and Ramapo in Rockland County- New York; it shows roads running through Fort Montgomery- West Haverstraw- Hempstead- Viola- Suffern- Ramapo- Sloatsburg- Tuxedo- Southfield- Arden- Willow Grove and Thiells. Map 1B on verso covers the towns of Cortlandt- Newcastle- Ossining and Mt. View Item
Cartographic 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. View Item