R. from 15 M. stone, near Suffran’s to Ft Lee, Hackensack, Closter, Tappan, Clarkstown, Haverstraw +c. No 26 / by J. Watkins Esqr ; surveys made by Capt: John W: Watkins A:B: ; by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants, top
Road from 15 Mile stone, near Suffran’s to Fort Lee, Hackensack, Closter, Tappan, Clarkstown, Haverstraw etc.
R. from the Mile Stone near Suffrans to ft. Lee, Hackensack, Closter, Tappan, [Clarkstown, Haverstraw, &c.] 26

Road from 15 Mile stone, near Suffran’s to Fort Lee, Hackensack, Closter, Tappan, Clarkstown, Haverstraw etc.
R. from the Mile Stone near Suffrans to ft. Lee, Hackensack, Closter, Tappan, [Clarkstown, Haverstraw, &c.] 26

1778-08
1778 Aug.

1 map on 8 assembled sheets : ms. ; 135 x 63 cm

Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 026

Military topographic map. Covers most of Rockland County, New York, and Bergen County, New Jersey. Shows roads running through Suffern, Saddle River, Paramus and Hackensack, as well as Haverstraw, Clarksville, Tappan, Tenefly and Closter. Also shows buildings and owners’ names, landforms, ground cover, wetlands and streams. Shows relief by hachures. Title proper and first statement of responsibility from recto are the work of a later editor--Simeon DeWitt or his assign--subsequent to 1820. Second statement of responsibility and detailed date also from apparently written by Watkins. Index title, third statement of responsibility, annualar date, series title and series numbering by Erskine, but on separate index sheet filed at head of series. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Various watermarks: "W STIDOLPH" similar to Gravell and Miller foreign watermark no. 648; date before 1785. "PRO PATRIA" with pendulant "B", accompanied by medallion (two sheets). "T Y M" with a miniscule "p" superimposed on the "T", accompanied by a crown (four sheets). "W&BO 180"; date probably 1800 as on map No 24 of this series. Foxed, creased, frayed, and abraded. Cut into 3 pieces. 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 26". In ink on verso: "No. 26" "No 26" (center fragment), "No. 26" (across cut between center and lower fragements).

Scale [ca. 1:27,000]

(W 74⁰10ʹ--W73⁰55ʹ/N 41⁰13ʹ--N40⁰54ʹ)

Maps -- M30
M004668
n000038m

Buildings--New York (State)--Maps
Landforms--New York (State)--Maps
Landowners--New York (State)--Maps
Roads--New York (State)--Maps
Rivers--New York (State)--Maps
Wetlands--New York (State)--Maps
Buildings--New Jersey--Maps
Landforms--New Jersey--Maps
Landowners--New Jersey--Maps
Rivers--New Jersey--Maps
Wetlands--New Jersey--Maps
Roads--New Jersey--Maps

Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Saddle River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Bergen County (N.J.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Rockland County (N.Y.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Fort Lee (N.J.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript

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