From Broad Axe to Chestnut Hill. No 57, E / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.

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Robert Erskine-Simeon DeWitt maps, 1778-1783

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Creator / Contributor: Erskine, Robert, 1735-1780
De Witt, Simeon, 1756-1834
De Witt, Richard Varrick
United States. Continental Army. Surveying Dept.
Title: From Broad Axe to Chestnut Hill. No 57, E / 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
Whole of 57 from Bethlehem to Chesnut Hill
Alternative Title: Road from Bethlehem to Broad Ax and Chestnut hill Pennsylvania A, B, C, D & E. 57
Whole of 57 from Bethlehem to Chesnut Hill
Date: 1779
Physical Description: 1 map : ms. ; 39 x 23 cm
Series: Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 057, E
Description: In ink on verso: "No 57 E". In pencil on recto: "57 E". Military topographic map. Covers Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Shows roads running through Whitemarsh and Springfield toward Chestnut Hill. Also shows buildings and owners’ names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Soiled, creased and abraded. Ink faded. 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. Index title, statement of responsibility, date, series title and series numbering by Erskine, but on separate index sheet filed at head of series. Watermark: "TMW" accompanied by dove; similar to Gravell and Miller American watermarks nos. 658 and 659.
Scale: Scale [ca. 1:34,000]
Coordinates: (W 75⁰15ʹ--W75⁰12ʹ/N 40⁰09ʹ--N40⁰04ʹ)
Identifier: Maps -- M30
M004452
n000085m
Subject: Buildings--Pennsylvania--Maps
Landforms--Pennsylvania--Maps
Landowners--Pennsylvania--Maps
Rivers--Pennsylvania--Maps
Roads--Pennsylvania--Maps
Subject geographic name: Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Montgomery County (Pa.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript.
Material type or medium of original: manuscript maps
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