1766 Somerset County, New Jersey Map Tells So Many Stories

Views: 190 The 1766 Morgan–Hills Map of Somerset County Unlike most eighteenth-century maps that depict only towns and transportation routes, the Morgan–Hills map provides a remarkable snapshot of the county’s agricultural landscape by assigning numbered tracts to individual owners in an accompanying reference index. It captures the farms and estates of many of the families … Continue reading 1766 Somerset County, New Jersey Map Tells So Many Stories