Road from Bristol to Kingsington. No 87, D / 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 Bristol to near Kingsington. No. 87. D
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 Bristol to near Kingsington. No. 87. D
In pencil on recto: "No 87 D". Military topographic map. Covers the city of Philadelphia and the townships of Bristol and Bensalem in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Shows roads running through Bristol, Eddington, Maud, Andalusia, Holmesburg and Frankford, now in Philadelphia. Also shows buildings and owners’ names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Soiled, creased, torn, frayed and abraded. Mounted on cloth, cropped, bound, disbound and silked by subsequent owners. Cleaned after removal of backings 1999; some fill remains. Lined with China paper. 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: "J WHATMAN" accompanied by "GR" under shield; similar to Gravell and Miller foreign watermarks nos. 751 and 301.
