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[Garisons Somerset Boundbrook from South Branch to Reddington Brokaws] No. 71 A / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.

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 ink on verso: "A - 71". In pencil on recto "No 71 A". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Readington and Branchburg in Hunterdon County and of Bridgewater and Hillsboro in Somerset County- New Jersey. Shows roads running through Readington- North Branch- Milltown- South Branch- Flagtown and Frankfort. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams.

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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 ink on verso: "A - 71". In pencil on recto "No 71 A". Military topographic map. Covers the townships of Readington and Branchburg in Hunterdon County and of Bridgewater and Hillsboro in Somerset County- New Jersey. Shows roads running through Readington- North Branch- Milltown- South Branch- Flagtown and Frankfort. Also shows buildings and owners' names- landforms and streams. Pen-and-ink (2 different kinds)- pencil on laid paper. Sheet bears a title number but not a title. Title proper derived by cataloger from longer index title given on separate index sheet filed at head of series; it describes sheet B as well as this sheet A. Statement of responsibility- date- series title and series numbering as given on same index sheet. Shows relief by hachures. Watermark: "T M W" accompanied by dove- similar to Gravell and Miller American watermark nos. 659 and 659. References: Guthorn- Peter J. American Maps and Map Makers of the Revolution- p. 17-22; Heusser- Albert H. George Washington's map maker- P. 249-256.
Full Title
[Garisons Somerset Boundbrook from South Branch to Reddington Brokaws] No. 71 A / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants.
NYHS Identifier
Maps -- M30
Member of
Owning Institution
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Digital Origin
digitized other analog
Date Created
1779
Date Issued
1779
Extent
1 map : ms. ; 39 x 24 cm

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