Road from Ram Garrison’s to Near Penny town. No 87, A / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
Road from near Somerset [Court] house by Penny town, [to the] Different Ferrys to Trenton, to Bristol Philadelphia, Coopers Ferry, Mount holly, Allenstown, Cranburry & Brunswick A, B, C, D, E, F, G, & H. & from Chestnut Hill to Philada. 87
Road from Ram Garrisons to near Penny Town. No. 87-A
Road from Ram Garrison’s to Near Pennytown
Road from near Somerset [Court] house by Penny town, [to the] Different Ferrys to Trenton, to Bristol Philadelphia, Coopers Ferry, Mount holly, Allenstown, Cranburry & Brunswick A, B, C, D, E, F, G, & H. & from Chestnut Hill to Philada. 87
Road from Ram Garrisons to near Penny Town. No. 87-A
Road from Ram Garrison’s to Near Pennytown
In pencil on recto: "No 87 A". Military topographic map in three segments meant to be joined at points marked "A" and "B." Top and middle segments oriented with north to top of sheet; bottom segment oriented with north to left of sheet. Map covers the townships of Hillsboro and Montgomery in Somerset County, East Amwell and West Amwell in Hunterdon County and Hopewell in Mercer County, New Jersey. Shows roads running through Blackswells Mills, Hillsboro, Belle Mead and Plainville; Rock Mill, Buttonwood Corners, Wertsville, Vanlieu Corners and Union; and Larisons Corners, Ringoes, Rocktown, Linvale, Woodsville, and Marshall Corners near Pennington. Also shows buildings and owners’ names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Soiled, 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. 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: "GR" under shield; similar to Gravell and Miller foreign watermark no. 301. References: Guthorn, Peter J. American maps and map makers of the revolution, p. 17-22.