[Map of roads in the area bounded by Peekskill and Fishkill (N.Y.), Quaker Hill and Ridgeberry (Conn.)] No 131
Fishkill River, Peekskill Hollow, Mohopack Pond etc. 131

Fishkill River, Peekskill Hollow, Mohopack Pond etc. 131

1778-1780
[between 1778 and 1780]

1 map : ms., col. ; 77 x 53 cm

Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 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. Shows relief by hachures. Soiled, creased, frayed and abraded. Mildew damage. Mounted on cloth, bound and cropped, disbound and silked by subsequent owners. Cleaned after removal of backings 1999; some fill remains. Re-lined with China paper. Sheathed in mylar. Title proper devised by cataloger. Title number appears on recto of map but is the work of a later editor--Simeon DeWitt or his assign--subsequent to 1820. No verso title. Watermark: "J WHATMAN" accompanied by crest with pendant initials "G R". References: Guthorn, Peter J. American maps and map makers of the revolution, p. 16.

Scale [ca. 1:62,000] (W 73⁰55ʹ--W 73⁰30ʹ/N 41⁰40ʹ--N 41⁰18ʹ)

(W 73⁰55ʹ--W 73⁰30ʹ/N 41⁰40ʹ--N 41⁰18ʹ)

Maps -- M30
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Buildings--New York (State)--Maps
Landforms--New York (State)--Maps
Landowners--New York (State)--Maps
Rivers--New York (State)--Maps
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Dutchess County (N.Y.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Fairfield County (Conn.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Putnam County (N.Y.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Westchester County (N.Y.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript

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