Contraction of the Roads from Below Robinsons Mills to Peekskill. No 45 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
Contraction from Robertsons Mill to Peekskill. 45
Do. from Robertsons Mill to Peekskill. 45
Contraction of the Road from below Robinson’s Mills to Peekskill. No: 45

Contraction from Robertsons Mill to Peekskill. 45
Do. from Robertsons Mill to Peekskill. 45
Contraction of the Road from below Robinson’s Mills to Peekskill. No: 45

1778

1 map : ms. ; 22 x 31 cm

Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 045

Foxed, creased, frayed, and abraded. Razorcuts and pinpricks for copying. 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 an area within the towns of Cortlandt and Yorktown, Westchester County, New York. Shows roads running through Jefferson Valley, Shrub Oak and Cortlandville. 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 not given.

(W 73⁰55ʹ--W73⁰45ʹ/N 41⁰21ʹ--N41⁰17ʹ)

Maps -- M30
M004511
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Buildings--New York (State)--Maps
Landforms--New York (State)--Maps
Landowners--New York (State)--Maps
Rivers--New York (State)--Maps
Roads--New York (State)--Maps

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Westchester County (N.Y.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript

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