This sheet joins B, 96, at Fort Reed where the road to Chinnessee leaves the Cayuga Branch. No 96, B, 2nd / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
R[out from] Fort Sullivan to Chemung, & to Newton A. B. B2nd. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. K. 96
This Sheet Joins B No. 96 at Fort Ried where the Road to Chinnissee leaves the Cayuga Branch. B2d. 96
Rough Draughts from Fort Sullivan to Chinnissee

R[out from] Fort Sullivan to Chemung, & to Newton A. B. B2nd. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. K. 96
This Sheet Joins B No. 96 at Fort Ried where the Road to Chinnissee leaves the Cayuga Branch. B2d. 96
Rough Draughts from Fort Sullivan to Chinnissee

1779

1 map : ms. ; 34 x 42 cm

Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 096, B 2nd

In erased pencil on recto, "No 96 B 2nd". Military topographic map. Covers the towns of Elimira, Big Flats and Southport in Chemung County and of Corning in Steuben County, New York. Shows roads running through Elmira and East Corning. Also shows landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Scale statement from verso of sheet 96,A. 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: flower, five petals; none comparable in Gravell and Miller. Countermark: "I N".

Scale [ca. 1:63,360] Laid down from a Scale of one Mile to an Inch.

(W 77⁰01ʹ--W 76⁰47ʹ/N 42⁰08ʹ--N 42⁰02ʹ)

Maps -- M30
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Landforms--New York (State)--Maps
Rivers--New York (State)--Maps
Roads--New York (State)--Maps

Chemung County (N.Y.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Chemung River Valley (N.Y. and Pa.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Finger Lakes (N.Y.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Steuben County (N.Y.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript

manuscript maps

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