Surveys in New York & Connecticut States for His Excellency General Washington : Anno 1778 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr: to the Army of the United States & Assistants ; W Scull delint. 1778.

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Surveys in New York & Connecticut States for His Excellency General Washington : Anno 1778 / by Robert Erskine F.R.S. Geogr: to the Army of the United States & Assistants ; W Scull delint. 1778.

1 map on 3 partly assembled sheets : ms. ; 145 x 83 cm., sheets 66 x 83 cm. or smaller.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7768811

New-York Historical Society Library

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United States. Continental Army. Surveying Dept.

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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...

Gordon, Thomas Frank, 1944-....

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Scull, William, active 1765

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William and James Scull were Philadelphia land surveyors and cartographers in the mid-eighteenth century. Land surveyors determine the three dimensional space position of points and the angles and distances between them. William Scull was the son of the notable cartographer Nicholas Scull. William Scull was also responsible for creating a map of Pennsylvania known as the "Revolutionary War Map" based on his land surveys. From the description of Survey ledgers of William and James Scu...