A Map Of the County's, of Albany, Tryon and part of Charlotte. [No. 88, A] / made at the Request of His Excellency George Washington Esqr. General, and Commander in Chief of all the Land and Naval Forces of Thirteen United States of America. Protracted and laid down from actual Surveys Which are Chi

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Erskine, Robert, 1735-1780. A Map Of the County's, of Albany, Tryon and part of Charlotte. [No. 88, A] / made at the Request of His Excellency George Washington Esqr. General, and Commander in Chief of all the Land and Naval Forces of Thirteen United States of America. Protracted and laid down from actual Surveys Which are Chiefly performed by Me Isaac Vrooman Schenectady June 7th Anno 1779 ; by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A.U.S. and Assistants.

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A Map Of the County's, of Albany, Tryon and part of Charlotte. [No. 88, A] / made at the Request of His Excellency George Washington Esqr. General, and Commander in Chief of all the Land and Naval Forces of Thirteen United States of America. Protracted and laid down from actual Surveys Which are Chiefly performed by Me Isaac Vrooman Schenectady June 7th Anno 1779 ; by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr. A.U.S. and Assistants. 1779.

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1 map on several assembled sheets : ms., col. ; 138 x 155 cm.

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United States. Continental Army. Surveying Dept.

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De Witt, Richard Varrick,

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De Witt, Simeon, 1756-1834

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Served as surveyor general of New York State from 1784 until his death in 1834. From the description of Letters : to Augustus Porter and Major Donald Fraser, 1828, 1832. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 57182677 Surveyor; graduated from Queens College (now Rutgers University), 1776; served as Assistant Geographer of the Army, 1778-1780, and as Chief Geographer of the Army, 1780-1783; served as Surveyor General of New York, 1784-1834. From the descrip...

Vrooman, Isaac.

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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...