From Fishkill to Newborough. No 93, V / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
From Newborrough to Albany and from Albany to [Fish]kill 20 sheets, A. B. C. D. E. [F. G.] H. I. K. L. M. N. O. P. Q. R. S. T. U. V. 93
From Fishkills to Newborough. V N 93

From Newborrough to Albany and from Albany to [Fish]kill 20 sheets, A. B. C. D. E. [F. G.] H. I. K. L. M. N. O. P. Q. R. S. T. U. V. 93
From Fishkills to Newborough. V N 93

1779

1 map : ms. ; 34 x 42 cm

Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 093, V

In ink on verso: lots of squiggles. In pencil on recto: "No 93 V". Includes text: "The Remarks of this See on No 6 Rough Drafts". Military topographic map. Covers the township of Fishkill in Dutchess County, New York. Shows roads running through Fishkill Village, Glenham, Groveville and Fishkill. Also shows buildings and owners’ names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Stained, 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: "T & C" accompanied by plow; similar to Gravell and Miller American watermarks nos. 535 and (less closely) 105.

Scale [ca. 1:32,000]

(W 74⁰01ʹ--W 73⁰54ʹ/N 41⁰32ʹ--N 41⁰30ʹ)

Maps -- M30
M004440
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Buildings--New York (State)--Maps
Landforms--New York (State)--Maps
Landowners--New York (State)--Maps
Rivers--New York (State)--Maps
Roads--New York (State)--Maps

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