A plan of Paulus Hook with the road to Bergen and parts adjacent in the province of New Jersey

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A plan of Paulus Hook with the road to Bergen and parts adjacent in the province of New Jersey
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Item Information

Title:
A plan of Paulus Hook with the road to Bergen and parts adjacent in the province of New Jersey
Creator:
Hills, John, (Surveyor)
Contributor:
Morgan, Benjamin, (Draftsman)
Name on Item:
survey'd by I. Hills, asst. engineer, 1781
Date:
[1781?]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local):
Library of Congress Collection
Subjects:
Paulus Hook Region (N.J.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Bergen (Jersey City, N.J.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Paulus Hook (N.J.)--Defenses--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Hudson (county) > Jersey City
Extent:
1 manuscript map : hand color ; 69 x 71 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Scale:
Scale ca. 1:4,500
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://lccn.loc.gov/gm72003608
Notes:
Relief shown by shading.
Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor.
Has watermarks.
Oriented with north to the right.
Also shows locations of rebel works in ruins.
Authorship attributed to B. Morgan and J. Hills in the table of contents of the collection.
Includes attached overlay "A plan of Paulus Hook shewing the works erected for its defence, 1781-2."
Accompanied by Hills map collection title page and table of contents.
Notes (citation):
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1288
Identifier:
ar128800