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| Author | Erskine, Robert, 1735-1780. | |
| Title | Road from Quibbletown to Amboy; and places by bearings. No 55 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A. U.S. and Assistants ; pr Capt. Scull. | |
| Alternate Title | Index title by Erskine: Road from Qubbletown to Amboy & places by Bearings. 55 Road from Qubbletown to Amboy and places by Bearings Title as given by Guthorn: Road from Quibbletown to Amboy & Places by bearings | |
| Map Data | Scale [1:80,000] 100 Chs. to an In. (W 74045’--W74005’/N 40040’--N40025’). | |
| Publisher | 1779. | |
| Description | 1 map on 3 assembled sheets : ms. ; 35 x 67 cm. | |
| Series | Rough draughts of surveys, begun A.D. 1778 ; 55. | |
| Notes | Military topographic map. Covers Somerset and Middlesex Counties in New Jersey and Richmond County in New York. Shows roads running through Milltown, South Branch, Raritan, Finderne, Hillsboro, Millstone, Boundbrook, Newmarket, Samptown, South Plainfield, New Brunswick, Metuchen, Bonham Town, Fairfild Union, Perth Amboy and Elizabeth. Also shows "American Camp," buildings and owners' names, landforms and streams. Shows relief by hachures. 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 by Erskine, but on separate index sheet filed at head of series. Pen-and-ink, pencil on laid paper. Watermark: "J Bassuet" and crest twice, "FIN M D" once. Badly 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 55" In ink on verso: "Elizabeth Amboy A", "No. 55" M004531 | |
| Indexed by | Guthorn, Peter J. American Maps and Map Makers of the Revolution, p. 17-22. | |
| Subjects | Military camps--New Jersey--Maps. Buildings--New Jersey--Maps Landforms--New Jersey--Maps. Landowners--New Jersey--Maps. Roads--New Jersey--Maps. Streams--New Jersey--Maps. Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--History-- Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript. Raritan River Valley (N.J.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript. Middlesex County (N.J.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript. Richmond County (N.Y.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Campaigns--Maps, Manuscript. | |
| Genre/Form | Early works to 1800 | |
| Other Authors | Scull, William. De Witt, Simeon, 1756-1834, De Witt, Richard Varrick, United States. Continental Army. Surveying Dept. | |
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| Call number: M30 Non-circulating | ||
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