From Pompton towards Watsessing By the Forks and Little Falls. No 67, A / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
Road from Forks Passaic to Scotch Plains A, B C & D. 67
From Pompton towards Watsessing By the Forks & Little Falls. No. 67 A
From Pompton towards West [...] By the Forks and Little Falls

Road from Forks Passaic to Scotch Plains A, B C & D. 67
From Pompton towards Watsessing By the Forks & Little Falls. No. 67 A
From Pompton towards West [...] By the Forks and Little Falls

1779

1 map : ms. ; 39 x 28 cm

Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 067, A

Also in ink on verso: "No. 67 A". In ink on recto: "A". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Wayne and Little Falls in Passaic County and of Caldwell and Milburn in Essex County, New Jersey. Shows roads running through Two Bridges, Little Falls, Cedar Grove and Montclair. Also shows buildings and owners’ names, also landforms, streams and wetlands. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Stained, 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. Re-lined with China paper. Title proper from recto is the work of a later editor--Simeon DeWitt or his assign--subsequent to 1820. Title from verso is earlier and may be cited as such; title number clearly by Erskine. 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: "T M W" accompanied by dove. References: Guthorn, Peter J. American Maps and Map Makers of the Revolution, p. 17-22.

Scale [ca. 1:34,000]

(W 74⁰19ʹ--W 74⁰13ʹ/N 40⁰56ʹ--N 40⁰48ʹ)

Maps -- M30
M004465
n000091m

Buildings--New Jersey--Maps
Landforms--New Jersey--Maps
Landowners--New Jersey--Maps
Rivers--New Jersey--Maps
Roads--New Jersey--Maps
Wetlands--New Jersey--Maps

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Passaic River Valley (N.J.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript

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