BIB_ID
258995
Accession number
MA 508
Creator
Erskine, Robert, 1735-1780.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 map ; 113.03 x 63.5 cm
Notes
HIGH RESERVE.
Originally mounted on linen with markings on the linen indicating that a former owner was J.H. Castle of Philadelphia. The Library of Congress remounted the map for an exhibition in 1932; a letter concerning the return of the map to The Morgan Library is dated January 24, 1933 is retained, along with the original fabric mounting, in a red morocco case (MA 507)(2).
This item is part of a collection of letters from Washington to George and James Clinton; see main record for MA 507 for more information.
Originally mounted on linen with markings on the linen indicating that a former owner was J.H. Castle of Philadelphia. The Library of Congress remounted the map for an exhibition in 1932; a letter concerning the return of the map to The Morgan Library is dated January 24, 1933 is retained, along with the original fabric mounting, in a red morocco case (MA 507)(2).
This item is part of a collection of letters from Washington to George and James Clinton; see main record for MA 507 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the New York Cooperative Society, 1906.
Summary
Being a war map made for General Washington; including annotations in Washington's hand, of parts of New York and New Jersey; showing topographical elements, towns and ferry landings.
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