Through Danbury to Southbury. No 43, C / 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
Through Danbury to Southbury. 43 C

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
Through Danbury to Southbury. 43 C

1778

1 map : ms. ; 21 x 42 cm.

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

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. Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Bethel, Danbury and Ridgefield in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Shows roads running through East Danbury and Danbury. Also shows buildings and owners’ names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. 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 [ca. 1:32,000]

(W 73⁰31ʹ--W73⁰22ʹ/N 41⁰29ʹ--N41⁰21ʹ)

Maps -- M30
M004488
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