Foxed, creased, torn, frayed and abraded. Mounted on cloth, bound and cropped, disbound and silked by subsequent owners. Cleaned after removal of backings 1999; some fill remains. Lined with China paper. Sheathed in mylar. Imperfect: lacking two small pieces at map center. In pencil on recto: "No 70 B". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Bernard and Bedminster in Somerset County, New Jersey. Shows roads running through Greater Crossroads, Pluckemin and Liberty Corner. Also shows buildings and owners’ names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Scale distorted in parts; varies between ca. 1:30,000 and ca. 1:40,000. 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: "T M W" accompanied by dove, similar to Gravell and Miller American watermark nos. 658 and 659. References: Guthorn, Peter J. American Maps and Map Makers of the Revolution, p. 17-22.
