Projections for Closing, and trying the meeting of Surveys. No 99, D / Large paper by Capt. Scull ; by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
Projections etc., for closing and trying the meeting of Surveys. No 99, D

Projections etc., for closing and trying the meeting of Surveys. No 99, D

1779

1 map : ms. ; 72 x 51 cm

Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 099, D

In ink on verso: "No. 99 D". In pencil on recto: "No 99 D". Military topographic map; an early draft. Covers Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties in New York. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Soiled, creased and abraded. Mounted on cloth, bound and cropped, 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. Index title, both statements of responsibility, date, series title and series numbering also by Erskine, but on separate index sheet filed at head of series. Watermark: crest with pendent initials "G R" Countermark "J Whatman".

Scale [1:127,000] 2 mi. an in.

(W 74⁰22ʹ--W 73⁰45ʹ/N 41⁰33ʹ--N 41⁰00ʹ)

Maps -- M30
M004638
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Dutchess County (N.Y.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Orange County (N.Y.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Putnam County (N.Y.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Rockland County (N.Y.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Westchester County (N.Y.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript

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