Road through Peekskill Hollow. No 50, A / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
Road through Peekskill hollow A & B & [Road]. 50
Road down Peekskill Hollow. No. 50 A

Road through Peekskill hollow A & B & [Road]. 50
Road down Peekskill Hollow. No. 50 A

1778-10
1778 Oct.

1 map : ms. ; sheet 34 x 41 cm

Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 050, A

Also in ink on verso: "No. 50A. Done Octr. 1778", "of Famous Samuel". Foxed, creased 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 50 A". Inset map or "contraction" covers same area at "1 mile to an Inch--" i.e., 1:63,360. Military topographic map. Covers the towns of Putnam Valley and Carmel in Putnam County, New York. Show roads running through Putnam Valley, Adams Corners and Tompkins Corners. 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, annular date, series title and series numbering also by Erskine, but on separate index sheet filed at head of series. Detailed date from map verso. Watermark: "S & K".

Scale [ca. 1:32,000]

(W 73⁰53ʹ--W73⁰47ʹ/N 41⁰24ʹ--N41⁰19ʹ)

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Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Putnam County (N.Y.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript

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