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THE/ PROVINCE of NEW JERSEY,/ Divided into/ EAST and WEST,/ commonly called/ THE JERSEYS.
THE/ PROVINCE of NEW JERSEY,/ Divided into/ EAST and WEST,/ commonly called/ THE JERSEYS.

THE/ PROVINCE of NEW JERSEY,/ Divided into/ EAST and WEST,/ commonly called/ THE JERSEYS.

DateDecember 1, 1777
Cartographer
After work by
After work by 1740 - 1799
Engraver
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white line engraving with period hand color on laid paper
DimensionsOH: 31 1/2" x OW: 23"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1986-121
DescriptionThe upper left cartouche reads: "THE/ PROVINCE of NEW JERSEY,/ Divided into/ EAST and WEST,/ commonly called/ THE JERSEYS."

The text below the cartouche reads: "Engraved & Published by W.M FADEN, Charing Cross,/ December 1.st 1777./ This Map has been drawn from the Survey/ made in 1769 by order of the Commissioners/ appointed to settle the partition Line between/ the Provinces of New York & New Jersey by/ Bernard Ratzer, Lieut.t in the 60.th Reg.t and/ from another large Survey of the Northern/ Parts in the possession of the Earl of Dunmore/ by Gerard Banker. The whole regulated and/ ascertained by Astronomical observations."ProvenanceBefore 1986, W. Graham Arader III (New York, NY); 1986-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
1968-11, Map
A MAP of/ the most INHABITED part of/ VIRGINIA/ containing the whole PROVINCE of/ MARYLAND/ with Part of/ PENSILVANIA, NEW JERSEY AND NORTH CAROLINA
Joshua Fry (ca. 1700-1754) & Peter Jefferson (1708-1757)
1768; first published ca. 1753
KC1973-342
THE/ AMERICAN/ Military Pocket Atlas;/ BEING/ An approved Collection of Correct MAPS,/ BOTH GENERAL AND PARTICULAR,/ OF/ THE BRITISH COLONIES;/ Especially those which now are, or probably may be/ THE THEATRE OF WAR:
Robert Sayer (1725-1794) & John Bennett (fl. 1760-1787)
1776
1975-74, Map
SKETCH of the POSITION of the BRITISH FORCES at ELIZABETH TOWN POINT after their RETURN from CONNECTICUT FARM, in the PROVINCE of EAST JERSEY: under the Command of HIS EXCELL.Y LEIUTN.T GEN.L KNYPHAUSEN, on the 8.th June 1780.
Lieutenant John Hills (fl. 1777-1817)
1784
DS1995-0583
THE/ MAPS AND CHARTS/ TO THE/ MODERN PART/ OF THE UNIVERSAL HISTORY.
Emanuel Bowen
1766
A Chart of the Coast of New York, New Jersey; Pennsilvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, &c.
A Chart of the Coast of New York, New Jersey; Pennsilvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, &c.
Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres
1780
TC2000-0591
PLAN/ of the/ CITY of NEW YORK,/ in/ NORTH AMERICA:/ Surveyed in the Years 1766 & 1767.
Bernard Ratzer
January 12, 1776
Map 1988-23
The PROVINCES of/ NEW YORK,/ and NEW JERSEY;/ with part of/ PENSILVANIA,/ and the Province of QUEBEC.
Major Samuel Holland (1728-1801)
August 17, 1776
1984-138, Print
A View of the Falls on the Passick, or second River, in the Provence of New Jersey
Governor Pownal
1761
DOS2005-PC-305
Thomas Pownall, Esq.r
Richard Earlom
1777
2017-216, Map
A general MAP of the MIDDLE BRITISH COLONIES, in AMERICA; Viz VIRGINIA, MÀRILAND, DÈLAWARE, PENSILVANIA, NEW-JERSEY, NEW-YORK, CONNECTICUT, and RHODE ISLAND...
Lewis Evans (ca. 1700-1756)
1755
D2006-CMD-426
A general Map of the/ MIDDLE BRITISH COLONIES, in AMERICA,/. Viz VIRGINIA, MARILAND, DELAWARE, PENSILVANIA,/ NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, CONNECTICUT, and RHODE ISLAND:
Lewis Evans (ca. 1700-1756)
1755
1940-418, Map
A New Map of VIRGINIA. MARYLAND, PENSILVANIA, NEW JERSEY, Part of NEW YORK, And CAROLINA.
John Thornton
1723-1728, originally published ca. 1701