Roads from Newborough to Fort Lee. No 36 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants, top
Contraction from Newborrough to Fort Lee. 36
Do. from Newborrough to Fort Lee. 36

Contraction from Newborrough to Fort Lee. 36
Do. from Newborrough to Fort Lee. 36

1778

1 map on 9 assembled sheets : ms. ; 129 x 85 cm., irregularly shaped

Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 036

Military topographic map. Covers Orange and Rockland Counties in New York and Bergen, Passaic, Morris and Essex Counties in New Jersey. Shows roads, buildings and owners’ names, also landforms, wetlands and streams. 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 also by Erskine, but on separate index sheet filed at head of series. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Watermarks: "S & K" (twice), lily accompanied by monogram (twice), lily (once), Britannia accompanied by "CR" with pendant crown (twice). Stained, foxed, creased, frayed, cut, torn and abraded. Small burn holes. 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. Lined with China paper. Sheathed in mylar. Upper half shows lines of latitude and "Longitude East from Philadelphia." Text in ink, lines in pencil. In pencil on recto: "No 36". In ink on verso, top fragment "No. 36"; across join between top and center fragments, "No. 36"; on bottom fragment, "36".

Scale [ca. 1:55,000]

(W 74⁰30ʹ--W73⁰53ʹ/N 41⁰30ʹ--N40⁰50ʹ)

Maps -- M30
M004754
n000047m

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
Landowners--New Jersey--Maps
Landforms--New Jersey--Maps
Roads--New Jersey--Maps
Rivers--New Jersey--Maps
Wetlands--New Jersey--Maps

Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--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
Bergen County (N.J.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Passaic County (N.J.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Morris County (N.J.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Essex County (N.J.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Fort Arnold (N.Y.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Fort Putnam (N.Y.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Fort Lee (N.J.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript

manuscript maps

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