Thro’ Kaunyauya towards Chinnisee. No 97, B / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
From Senica Lake to Chenisee A. B. C. 97
[Thro K]aunyauya toward Chinissee

From Senica Lake to Chenisee A. B. C. 97
[Thro K]aunyauya toward Chinissee

1779

1 map : ms. ; 30 x 43 cm

Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 097, B

In erased pencil on recto, "No 97 B". Military topographic map. Covers the towns of Canandaigua, Bristol and Richmond in Ontario County and of Livonia in Livingston County, New York. Shows roads running through Canandaigua, Vicent, Honeoye and Glenville. Also shows landforms and streams. Hemlock formerly Conesus Lake is incorrectly labeled as Conycadice Lake. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. Stained, creased and abraded. Mounted on cloth, cropped, 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: none.

Scale [ca. 1:63,360]

(W 77⁰39ʹ--W 77⁰18ʹ/N 42⁰53ʹ--N 42⁰45ʹ)

Maps -- M30
M004537
n000221m

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

Finger Lakes (N.Y.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Hemlock Lake (N.Y.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Honeoye Lake (N.Y.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Livingston County (N.Y.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Ontario County (N.Y.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript

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