Through Newtown. No 43, B / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
Road from Woodbury to Crumpond 5 sheets A. B, C, D & E. 43
From Woodbury to Crumpond 5 sheets A. B, C, D & E. 43
Through Ne[wton]. 43 B

Road from Woodbury to Crumpond 5 sheets A. B, C, D & E. 43
From Woodbury to Crumpond 5 sheets A. B, C, D & E. 43
Through Ne[wton]. 43 B

1778

1 map : ms. ; 33 x 34 cm

Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 043, B

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. 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. Watermark: S & K.

Scale [1:32,000]

(W 73⁰22ʹ--W73⁰15ʹ/N 41⁰27ʹ--N41⁰22ʹ)

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