Between Albany and Kinderhook
Between Albany & Kinderhook
From Newborrough to Albany and from Albany to [Fish]kill 20 sheets, A. B. C. D. E. [F. G.] H. I. K. L. M. N. O. P. Q. R. S. T. U. V
From Newborough to Albany and from Albany to Fishkill twenty sheets, A. B. C. D. E. [F. G.] H. I. K. L. M. N. O. P. Q. R. S. T. U. V

Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 93, M

Erskine, Robert
1735-1780
De Witt, Simeon
1756-1834
De Witt, Richard Varrick
United States
Continental Army.
Surveying Dept.

1779

18th century

(W 73⁰42ʹ--W 73⁰40ʹ/N 42⁰33ʹ--N 42⁰25ʹ).

Buildings
Landforms
Landowners
Roads
Rivers
History
Campaigns

New York (State)
Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
Columbia County (N.Y.)
Rensselaer County (N.Y.)

map
Early works to 1800.

1 map : ms. ; 42 x 35 cm.

Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Schodack in Rensselaer County and of Kinderhook in Columbia County, New York. Also shows buildings and owners names, 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. Title from verso is in Erskine's hand and may be cited as such. 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.
Watermark: "CC" beneath crown. The second "C" is reversed and interlocked with the first.
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 pencil on recto: "No 93 M"
In ink on verso: "M M M" Note unusual but inconsistent letter formation.