To the Outlet of Seneca Lake. No 96, E / 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
To the Outlet of the Sinica Lake. E 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
To the Outlet of the Sinica Lake. E 96
Rough Draughts from Fort Sullivan to Chinnissee

1779

1 map : ms. ; 23 x 22 cm

Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 096, E

In erased pencil on recto, "No 96 E". Military topographic map. Covers the towns of Waterloo and Fayette in Seneca County and of Geneva in Ontario County, New York. Shows roads running through Geneva. Also shows landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Paper extended at upper right. Scale statement from verso of sheet 96,A. Shows relief by hachures. Soiled, 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: "S & K".

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

(W 76⁰59ʹ--W 76⁰53ʹ/N 42⁰53ʹ--N 42⁰47ʹ)

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

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