Beginning on the road from Williamsburgh to Hanover, one mile 54 chains + 20 links from Duncastle towards Hanover, thence across the Pamunky at Ruffin’s Ferry to a Brick Church. No 125 A / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
(Route back from Virginia) Beginning on the road from Williamsburgh to Hanover, one mile 54 chains + 20 links from Duncastle towards Hanover, thence across the Pamunky at Ruffin’s Ferry to a Brick Church. No 125 A
Route from Virginia A. B. C. D. E. F. G H. I K & a 1/2 sheet C. 125
Begining on the road from Williamsburgh to Hanover, one mile 54 Ch. + 20 Links from Duncastle towards Hanover thence Cross the Pamunky at Ruffins Ferry to a brick Church. A No. 125

(Route back from Virginia) Beginning on the road from Williamsburgh to Hanover, one mile 54 chains + 20 links from Duncastle towards Hanover, thence across the Pamunky at Ruffin’s Ferry to a Brick Church. No 125 A
Route from Virginia A. B. C. D. E. F. G H. I K & a 1/2 sheet C. 125
Begining on the road from Williamsburgh to Hanover, one mile 54 Ch. + 20 Links from Duncastle towards Hanover thence Cross the Pamunky at Ruffins Ferry to a brick Church. A No. 125

1781
[1781]

1 map : ms. ; 61 x 47 cm

Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 125, A

Date inferred by cataloger. Foxed, 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. In erased pencil on recto: "No 125 A". Military topographic map. Covers New Kent City and King William County in Virginia. Shows roads running through Barnhamsville, Sweet Hall and Rosegarden. Also shows buildings, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Shows relief by hachures. 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, series title and series numbering also contemporaneous, but on separate index sheet filed at head of series. Watermark: "J WHATMAN" with crest (no pendant initials).

Scale [ca. 1:33,000]

(W 76⁰56ʹ--W 76⁰50ʹ/N 37⁰38ʹ--N 37⁰26ʹ)

Maps -- M30
M004596
n000292m

Buildings--Virginia--Maps
Landforms--Virginia--Maps
Rivers--Virginia--Maps
Roads--Virginia--Maps

King William County (Va.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
New Kent City (Va.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript

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