The Subscriber being induced to undertake the publication of a Map of New-Jersey, of the above description, from the incorrectness and inferior size of those heretofore published, has, after considerable labour and expense, so far accomplished his undertaking as to offer his prospectus to the Public. The Cities, Towns and Villages, Post-Offices, Post-Roads and Turnpikes, and all public or noted places, together with the most noted places in the adjoining States of New-York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, contiguous to this State-in short, to contain every thing useful and interesting in such a work, comprised on a scale of four miles to the inch, and embellished with a handsome Engraving of the Arms of the State. The Map is divided into East and West, and subdivided into Counties and Townships, agreeably to the several acts of the Legislature, down to the present time, shewing the situations of the Rivers, Bays, Harbours, Creeks, Rivulets, Islands and Shoals, within the same. Longitude is shown east and west from Philadelphia.Ī period of five years separated the prospectus for the map, which had appeared in the Trenton Federalist, and its apparent completion:įor publishing by Subscription, a large and complete Map of the State of New-Jersey. This one refers to the home of John Witherspoon (1723–1794), a former president of the College of New Jersey (Princeton University.) At the top left, Watson has placed a large representation of the state seal, and he dedicates his map to Joseph Bloomfield, the state's fourth governor, whose term ended in 1812. Occasionally, a personal residence is named, such as "Witherspoon's" between Rocky Hill and Princeton in Montgomery Township. A number of those townships are outlined in color, as are the thirteen counties (named in large capital letters): Bergen, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Salem, Somerset, and Sussex.
One of three known institutional copies.įirst wall map of the state and the first map to show all of its townships. Wall map, with added color, 99 × 67.7 cm. To His Excellency, Joseph Bloomfield, Governor, the Council and Assembly of the State of New Jersey: This Map Is Respectfully Inscribed" (Philadelphia: W.
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