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. Shows roads, buildings, owners’ names, also landforms and streams. No watermark. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Title proper from map recto; it is in Erskine’s hand. Duplicative titles from verso are also 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. References: Guthorn, Peter J. American Maps and Map Makers of the Revolution, p. 17-22.
