From Jacob Mires to the Green Tree Tavern. No 57, C / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
Road from Bethlehem to Broad Ax and Chestnut hill Pennsylvania A, B, C, D & E. 57
From Jacob Mires To the Green Tree Tavern Toward Philada. No. 57-C
Whole of 57 from Bethlehem to Chesnut Hill

Road from Bethlehem to Broad Ax and Chestnut hill Pennsylvania A, B, C, D & E. 57
From Jacob Mires To the Green Tree Tavern Toward Philada. No. 57-C
Whole of 57 from Bethlehem to Chesnut Hill

1779

1 map : ms. ; 31 x 19 cm

Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 057, C

Also in ink on verso: "Monmouth Court House". 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: "57 C". Military topographic map. Covers Bucks and Montgomery counties, Pennsylvania. Shows roads running through Doyles Corner. 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: "IM" under crown, similar to Gravell and Miller foreign watermark no. 401.

Scale [ca. 1:34,000]

(W 75⁰16ʹ--W75⁰13ʹ/N 40⁰23ʹ--N40⁰17ʹ)

Maps -- M30
M004450
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