From near Squire Fullers thro Succasunny to Flanders. No 117, A / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
From Mt Pleasant to New Germantown & from Pluckemin to Black River A B & C. 117
From near Squire Tuttles thro’ Sucasunny to Flanders. No 117 A

From Mt Pleasant to New Germantown & from Pluckemin to Black River A B & C. 117
From near Squire Tuttles thro’ Sucasunny to Flanders. No 117 A

1780

1 map : ms. ; 37 x 32 cm

Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 117, A

Drawing attributed to Simeon DeWitt, based on verso text between title and number, "D R Simeon D." In pencil on recto: "No 117 A". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Mount Olive, Roxbury and Jefferson in Morris County, New Jersey. Shows roads running through Flanders, Succasunna, Kenvil and Berkshire Valley. Also shows buildings and owners’ names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. 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. Title from verso is contemporaneous with map and may be cited as such. Index title, statement of responsibility, date, series title and series numbering also contemporaneous, but on separate index sheet filed at head of series. Watermark: dove. Countermark: "MW." Similar to Gravell and Miller American watermarks nos. 477 and 478.

Scale [ca. 1:34,000]

(W 74⁰42ʹ--W 74⁰35ʹ/N 40⁰56ʹ--N 40⁰50ʹ)

Maps -- M30
M004628
n000255m

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