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, 1A, part 2
Road from Suffrans to Junes, Kings Ferry Fort Montgomery &c. on the other side, Peeks kill, Tellers Point Tarrytown &c. Sheet A. B & C D Nichols hills N. Rr Butterhill &c E. Contras. 1
Road from Peekskill to Teller’s Point, Tarrytown, +c

Road from Suffrans to Junes, Kings Ferry Fort Montgomery &c. on the other side, Peeks kill, Tellers Point Tarrytown &c. Sheet A. B & C D Nichols hills N. Rr Butterhill &c E. Contras. 1
Road from Peekskill to Teller’s Point, Tarrytown, +c

1778

2 maps on 2 assembled sheets : ms., both sides ; 85 x 74 cm

Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 001, A-B

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. Pleasant in Westchester County, New York; it shows roads running through Peekskill, Verplanck, Oscawana, Croton, Ossining, Tarrytown, Pocantico Hills, Eastview, Tompkins Corners, Millwood and Claremont. Both maps show buildings and owners names, also landforms and streams. Shows relief by hachures. Titles proper on recto and verso are 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 by Erskine, but on separate index sheet filed at head of series. No 1, A. on recto, No 1, B. on verso. Original sheet of 84 x 67 cm. is now in two fragments; a 20 x 8 cm. extension is pasted to recto at lower right. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Watermark: J Whatman Soiled, creased, foxed, 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 at upper left of recto (small fragment): "No. 1 A." In pencil at left: "I." In ink at right of verso: "No. 1;" in pencil, "I".

Scale [ca. 1:33,000] ; Scale [ca. 1:31,000]

(W 74⁰13ʹ--W73⁰58ʹ/N 41⁰20ʹ--N41⁰06ʹ) ; (W 73⁰59ʹ--W73⁰42ʹ/N 41⁰17ʹ--N40⁰04ʹ)

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Rivers--New York (State)--Maps

Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Ramapo River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Westchester County (N.Y.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Orange County (N.Y.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Rockland County (N.Y.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript

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