Bancker, Gerard, 1740-1799

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1740 - 1799

Gender

male

Occupations

Surveyors

Places

New York (State) (Residence)

Topics

Languages Used

English

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Province de New-Jersey divisée en est et ouest nomée vulgairement les Jerseys, 1782

Item — Drawer 122 : L : 5, Section: 3

Identifier: 2020-IL-001-116

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains approximately 300 rare printed maps, unique manuscript maps, and published texts collected by Richard H. Brown, which pertain to the American Revolutionary War era.

Dates: 1782

Found in: Special Collections at The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon / 2019-SC-034, Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War map collection

The province of New Jersey, divided into east and west, commonly called the Jerseys, 1777

Item — Drawer 122 : L : 6, Section: 1

Identifier: 2020-IL-001-081

Description Bernard Ratzer, a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, prepared a survey of New Jersey in 1769 to assist the Boundary Commission in settling a long standing boundary dispute between the states of New York and New Jersey. London mapmaker William Faden published Ratzer's survey as a finished map in 1777 in his North American Atlas. Published during the American Revolution, the map depicts the area known to George Washington before the Battle of Monmouth, and shows the fortification at Valley...

Dates: 1777