Road from James Sippingwills thro’ Slabtown, Black Horse, Crosswicks, Allantown, Hightstown and Cranbury to near the Cross Roads. No. 87, G / 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 Jas. Sippingwills thro. Slabtown, Black Horse, Crosswicks, Allen Town, Hights Town & Cranbury to near the Cross Roads. No. 87. G
Road from James Sippingwills thro. Slattown, Black Horse, Crosswicks, Allentown, Hightstown and Cranbury to near Cross Road. No. 87. G

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 Jas. Sippingwills thro. Slabtown, Black Horse, Crosswicks, Allen Town, Hights Town & Cranbury to near the Cross Roads. No. 87. G
Road from James Sippingwills thro. Slattown, Black Horse, Crosswicks, Allentown, Hightstown and Cranbury to near Cross Road. No. 87. G

1779

1 map : ms. ; 117 x 82 cm., on sheet 55 x 75 cm

Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 087, G

In pencil on recto: "No 87 G". Military topographic map in 3 segments; those to right of sheet fit north of the leftmost. Map covers the townships of Chesterfield, Mansfield, Springfield, Easthampton and Hamilton in Burlington County, East Windsor and Washington in Mercer County, and Upper Freehold in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Shows roads running through Mount Holly, Jacksonville, Columbus, Mansfield and Mansfield Square; Crosswicks, Allentown, New Canton and New Sharon; Hightstown and Cranbury. Also shows buildings and owners’ names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Soiled, stained, 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.

Scale [ca. 1:34,000]

(W 74⁰47ʹ--W 74⁰29ʹ/N 40⁰22ʹ--N 40⁰00ʹ)

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