From Woodbury to the Continental Bridge, near Newtown. No 43, A / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
Road from Woodbury to Crumpond 5 sheets A. B, C, D & E. 43
From Woodbury to Crumpond 5 sheets A. B, C, D & E. 43
From Woodbury to the Contintal Bridge near Newton. 43 A
From Woodbury to Danbury and Crumpond. No: 43 A

Road from Woodbury to Crumpond 5 sheets A. B, C, D & E. 43
From Woodbury to Crumpond 5 sheets A. B, C, D & E. 43
From Woodbury to the Contintal Bridge near Newton. 43 A
From Woodbury to Danbury and Crumpond. No: 43 A

1778

1 map : ms. ; 40 x 34 cm

Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 043, A

In pencil on recto: "No 43 A". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Southbury, Woodbury and Middlebury in New Haven County and of Newtown in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Shows roads running through Woodbury, White Oaks, Southbury, Pomperaug Valley and Bennetts Bridge. Also shows buildings and owners’ names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Soiled, 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. Title proper from recto is the work of a later editor--Simeon DeWitt or his assign--subsequent to 1820. Title from verso is in 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. Watermark: S & K.

Scale [1:32,000]

(W 73⁰15ʹ--W73⁰08ʹ/N 41⁰33ʹ--N41⁰26ʹ)

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