Road from near Morristown through Bottle Hill and Chatham towards Springfield. No 75, A / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
Morristown, Bottlehill, Chatham, Spring field, Elizabeth town, Raway, Westfield towards Short Hills A, B & C. 75

Morristown, Bottlehill, Chatham, Spring field, Elizabeth town, Raway, Westfield towards Short Hills A, B & C. 75

1779

1 map : ms. ; 38 x 32 cm

Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 075, A

Fragment of original title in ink on verso: "Roa....". Imperfect: 16 x 14 cm. at lower left corner cut out after title written on verso. In pencil on recto: "No 75 A". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Morris and Chatham in Morris County, Milburn in Essex County and Union in Summit County, New Jersey. Shows roads running through Morristown and Chatham. Also shows buildings and owners’ names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Stained, 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. 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. Watermarks: "TMW" accompanied by dove, similar to Gravell and Miller American watermarks nos. 658 and 659.

Scale [ca. 1:34,000]

(W 74⁰30ʹ--W 74⁰20ʹ/N 40⁰48ʹ--N 40⁰43ʹ)

Maps -- M30
M004545
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