Rough Draught of the Road from Easton to Wyoming : Contracted from a Scale of 2 miles to an inch. No 91. A / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
Road from Easton to Wioming Contract [2c 1] inch. 91
From Easton to Wioming Contract [2c 1] inch. 91
Rough Draught of the Road from Easton to Wioming. Contracted from a Scale of two Mile to An Inch

Road from Easton to Wioming Contract [2c 1] inch. 91
From Easton to Wioming Contract [2c 1] inch. 91
Rough Draught of the Road from Easton to Wioming. Contracted from a Scale of two Mile to An Inch

1779

1 map on several assembled sheets : ms. ; 54 x 70 cm

Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 091, A

Foxed, soiled, stained and abraded. Mounted on cloth, bound and cropped, disbound and silked by subsequent owners. Cleaned after removal of backings 1999; some fill remains. Lined with China paper. Sheathed in mylar. In pencil on recto: "No 91 A". Military topographic map. Covers parts of the counties of Luzerne, Monroe and Northampton in Pennsylvania. Shows roads between Easton and Wyoming. Also shows buildings and owners’ names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on 2 peieces laid paper. One additional piece of laid, another of wove finish paper added later at corners. Shows relief by hachures. 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. Watermarks: "P U" together with fleur de lis in medallion. Possibly by Peter Ulrick--cf. Gravell, Thomas L. and Miller, George. A Catalogue of American watermarks 1690-1835, p. 207. NY: Garland, 1979.

Scale [1:125,000] 2 mi. to an In.

(W 75⁰52ʹ--W 75⁰12ʹ/N 41⁰20ʹ--N 40⁰42ʹ)

Maps -- M30
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Buildings--Pennsylvania--Maps
Landforms--Pennsylvania--Maps
Landowners--Pennsylvania--Maps
Rivers--Pennsylvania--Maps
Roads--Pennsylvania--Maps

Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Easton (Pa.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Luzerne County (Pa.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Monroe County (Pa.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Northampton County (Pa.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Susquehanna River Valley--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Wyoming (Pa.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript

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