Sketch of the road from Paulus Hook and Hobocken to New Bridge

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Sketch of the road from Paulus Hook and Hobocken to New Bridge
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Item Information

Title:
Sketch of the road from Paulus Hook and Hobocken to New Bridge
Title (alt.):
Paulus Hook and Hobocken to New Bridge
New Bridge
Creator:
Hills, John, (Surveyor)
Contributor:
Morgan, Benjamin, (Draftsman)
Name on Item:
By I. Hills
Date:
1778
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Manuscripts
Location:
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
Collection (local):
Library of Congress Collection
Subjects:
Roads--New Jersey--Hudson County--Maps--Early works to 1800
Roads--New Jersey--Paulus Hook Region--Maps--Early works to 1800
Manuscript maps--Early works to 1800
Hudson County (N.J.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Paulus Hook (N.J.)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Hudson (county) > Jersey City
Extent:
1 manuscript map : hand color ; 72 x 61 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. 1:24,000
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
https://lccn.loc.gov/gm72003607
Notes:
Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor.
Has watermarks.
Oriented with north toward the upper left.
Relief shown pictorially and by shading.
Authorship attributed to B. Morgan and J. Hills in the table of contents of the collection.
Includes note Fort Constitution "Evacuated by the rebels, 18th Novr. 1776."
Accompanied by Hills map collection title page and table of contents.
Notes (citation):
LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1285
Identifier:
ar128500