Road from near Genl Wines to Morristown and from sd road to Boonton thence down the Rockaway River until it joins a road surveyd by Mr Lodge. No 90. B / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
Road from near General Wines to Morristown and from said road to Boonton thence down the Rockaway River until it joins a road surveyd by Mr Lodge. No 90. B
From near Warwick to Morristown, Booneton, & from Pompton by Charlotteburg Iron works, Ne[wfound]land to the Warwick Road, A. B; C. 90
Road from near Genl. Wines’s to Morristown & from sd. Road to Boonton thence Down the Rockaway River until it Joins a Road Surveyed [by] Mr. Lodge - near [...] Mills. No. 90 B

Road from near General Wines to Morristown and from said road to Boonton thence down the Rockaway River until it joins a road surveyd by Mr Lodge. No 90. B
From near Warwick to Morristown, Booneton, & from Pompton by Charlotteburg Iron works, Ne[wfound]land to the Warwick Road, A. B; C. 90
Road from near Genl. Wines’s to Morristown & from sd. Road to Boonton thence Down the Rockaway River until it Joins a Road Surveyed [by] Mr. Lodge - near [...] Mills. No. 90 B

1779

1 map on 4 assembled sheets : ms. ; 40 x 51 cm

Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 090, B

In pencil on recto: "No 90 B". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Randolph, Hanover, Morris and Boonton in Morris County, New Jersey. Shows roads running through Dover, Franklin, Morristown, Littleton, Boonton and Montville. Also shows buildings and owners’ names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Stained, soiled, creased and abraded. Mounted on cloth, bound, 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: "J WHATMAN", similar to Gravell and Miller foreign watermark no. 751.

Scale [ca. 1:33,000]

(W 74⁰33ʹ--W 74⁰22ʹ/N 40⁰55ʹ--N 40⁰47ʹ)

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