Map collection, 1778-1972.

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Map collection, 1778-1972.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155543671

Maps are largely of Suffern, the Town of Ramapo, and Rockland County and include individual lots in Suffern, 1885-1928; school districts prior to centralization in 1941; blueprint maps of various sections of Suffern, ca. 1950; Mansfield Park, a housing development in Suffern, 1924; proposed boundaries for the village of Suffern, 1896; the first map of Suffern as a village, 1898, showing buildings and businesses; and Sanborn insurance maps for Suffern, 1902-1962. Other items include a map of the Hudson River, ca. 1944; a reproduction done by Frederick Washburn in 1905 of Robert Erskine's Revolutionary War maps for the Rockland County area, 1778-1779; and an atlas for Rockland County, 1876.

ca. 7 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6882220

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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Suffern Village Museum (Suffern, N.Y.)

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Collecting area: History of Suffern and the Town of Ramapo, N.Y. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155541602 ...

Washburn, Frederick

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Sanborn Map Company

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The Sanborn Map Company was founded in 1867 with headquarters in New York City. Its purpose was to produce maps that would show "at a glance the character of the fire insurance risks of all buildings" in a give community. Since these maps had a very specialized use, "there were usually fewer than twenty orders for a single map sheet". Consequently, even though Sanborn maps are printed works, their rarity is similar to that of manuscript maps. The Sanborn Map Company ceased making its insurance r...

Erskine, Robert, 1735-1780

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Engineer. From the description of Papers, 1756-1782. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70954635 Army officer. From the description of Robert Erskine correspondence, 1777-1779. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009913 Epithet: Master of Erskine, eldest son of James, 5th Baron Erskine British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001087.0x000227 Epithet: consu...