Distances North River

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Item Information

Title:
Distances North River
Creator:
Ferguson, Patrick, 1744-1780
Date:
[1770–1779]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Roads--New York (State)--Maps
Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)--Maps
Putnam County (N.Y.)--Maps
Westchester County (N.Y.)--Maps
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps
Places:
Hudson River
New York > Putnam (county)
New York > Westchester (county)
Extent:
1 ms. map ; 67.5 x 38 cm.
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Scale:
Scale indeterminate.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Pen and ink sketch map indicating the property holders, roads, towns, and some military features in Westchester and Putnam counties.
Map extends along the Hudson from Tarrytown to the area of Newburgh.
Table of distances included at lower right.
Authorship assigned on basis of handwriting.
Title taken from verso.
The presence on the map of "New Bridge" across the Croton River suggests a possible date of 1779, the year of the bridge's construction.
Clinton Map 189.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
850
Barcode:
B2848357