From near Ringoes, crossing Newshannock River and the South Branch of Rariton - towards Morristown. No 73 - 4th / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
From skeepack Road Cross Corriells ferry [t]o Morristown. 7 sheets. 73
From near Ringoes Crossing Newshannock River & the South Branch of Rariton - Toward Morristown. 4th Sheet No. 73
From near Ringoes, crossing Newshannock River and the South Branch of Raritan toward Morristown

From skeepack Road Cross Corriells ferry [t]o Morristown. 7 sheets. 73
From near Ringoes Crossing Newshannock River & the South Branch of Rariton - Toward Morristown. 4th Sheet No. 73
From near Ringoes, crossing Newshannock River and the South Branch of Raritan toward Morristown

1779

1 map : ms. ; 54 x 35 cm

Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 073, 4th

Heavily soiled, frayed, 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 73 4th". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of East Amwell, Raritan and Readington in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Shows roads running through Larison Corner, Reaville, Three Bridges and Pleasant Run. 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 and series title also by Erskine, but on separate index sheet filed at head of series. Series numbering inferred by cataloger. Watermark: "J WHATMAN". References: Guthorn, Peter J. American maps and map makers of the revolution, p. 17-22.

Scale [ca. 1:33,000]

(W 74⁰52ʹ--W 74⁰47ʹ/N 40⁰34ʹ--N 40⁰26ʹ)

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