Road from the White Plains to Bloomer’s Mill at Rye Neck, and Cross Roads. No 20 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.

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Creator / Contributor: Erskine, Robert, 1735-1780
De Witt, Simeon, 1756-1834
De Witt, Richard Varrick
United States. Continental Army. Surveying Dept.
Title: Road from the White Plains to Bloomer’s Mill at Rye Neck, and Cross Roads. No 20 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
[Cro]ss Roads between Mamaroneck, Rye &c. 20
Road from the White Plains to Bloomers Mill at Rye neck and Cross Roads. No 20
Alternative Title: [Cro]ss Roads between Mamaroneck, Rye &c. 20
Road from the White Plains to Bloomers Mill at Rye neck and Cross Roads. No 20
Date: 1778
Physical Description: 1 map : ms. ; 50 x 37 cm
Series: Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 020
Description: Foxed, creased, frayed, 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 pencil on recto: "No 20". Military topographic map. Covers the southeastern corner of Westchester County, New York. Shows roads running through Mamaronek, Rye and White Plains. Also shows buildings and owners’ names, landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Scale roughly estimated. 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 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. Watermarks: lily, monogram.
Scale: Scale [ca. 1:20,000]
Coordinates: (W 73⁰47ʹ--W73⁰40ʹ/N 41⁰02ʹ--N40⁰56ʹ)
Identifier: Maps -- M30
M004471
n000032m
Subject: Buildings--New York (State)--Maps
Landforms--New York (State)--Maps
Landowners--New York (State)--Maps
Rivers--New York (State)--Maps
Roads--New York (State)--Maps
Subject geographic name: Westchester County (N.Y.)--History--18th century--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript
Material type or medium of original: manuscript maps
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