Road from Bedford to Danbury. No 31 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
Contraction from Bedford to Danburry. 31
Roads from Bedford to Danbury

Contraction from Bedford to Danburry. 31
Roads from Bedford to Danbury

1778

1 map on 2 assembled sheets : ms. ; 33 x 45 cm

Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 031

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 31". Military topographic map. Covers the towns of Bedford, Poundridge and Lewisboro in Westchester County, New York and the towns of Bethel and Ridgefield in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Map shows roads running through Danbury, Ridgefield and Bedford. Also shows buildings and owners’ names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Razorcuts and holes in paper appear to be original; probably used in copying. Shows relief by hachures. Title proper from recto is 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. Watermarks: monogram on sheet to lower left. At upper right, "P A MESI[ER]," similar to no. 487 in Gravell, Thomas L. and George Miller. Catalogue of American watermarks 1690-1835. NY: Garland, 1979. References: Guthorn, Peter J. American Maps and Map Makers of the Revolution, p. 17-22.

Scale [ca. 1:65,000]

(W 73⁰44ʹ--W73⁰26ʹ/N 41⁰24ʹ--N41⁰12ʹ)

Maps -- M30
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Buildings--Connecticut--Maps
Buildings--New York (State)--Maps
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Landforms--New York (State)--Maps
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Landowners--New York (State)--Maps
Rivers--Connecticut--Maps
Rivers--New York (State)--Maps
Roads--Connecticut--Maps
Roads--New York (State)--Maps

Fairfield County (Conn.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Westchester County (N.Y.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript

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