An accurate map or delineation of the state of Mississippi, with a large portion of Louisiana & Alabama : showing the communication of land and water between the cities of New Orleans and Mobile : carefully reduced from the original surveys of the United States : being laid off into congressional townships, and divided into mile squares or sections, on the plan adopted by the General Government for surveying Public Lands, so that persons may point to the tract on which they live

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > An accurate map or delineation of the state of Mississippi, with a large portion of Louisiana & Alabama : showing the communication of land and water between the cities of New Orleans and Mobile : carefully reduced from the original surveys of the United States : being laid off into congressional townships, and divided into mile squares or sections, on the plan adopted by the General Government for surveying Public Lands, so that persons may point to the tract on which they live

33272687

Description

Title: An accurate map or delineation of the state of Mississippi, with a large portion of Louisiana & Alabama : showing the communication of land and water between the cities of New Orleans and Mobile : carefully reduced from the original surveys of the United States : being laid off into congressional townships, and divided into mile squares or sections, on the plan adopted by the General Government for surveying Public Lands, so that persons may point to the tract on which they live
Alternative Title: State of Mississippi, with a large portion of Louisiana and Alabama
Creator: La Tourrette, John, compiler, publisher
Contributor: Stiles, Sherman & Smith, engraver.
Published / Created: 1845.
Publication Place: Mobile, Alabama, New York, and United States Alabama Mobile
Publisher: Compiled & published by John La Tourrette and Engraved by S. Stiles, Sherman & Smith
Description: BEIN Roll Map 420: Mounted on linen. Printed label on verso: Rhode Island Historical Society.
Relief shown by shading.
"Scale 6 miles to the inch."
Prime meridian: Washington, D.C. Coordinates converted by cataloger to express longitude as measured from the Greenwich meridian.
Includes list of land districts and legend. Some ancillary maps include indexes.
Ornamental border.
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1839 by John La Tourrette in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of Alabama."
Extent: 1 map : 171 x 133 cm, on sheet 187 x 148 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Digitization Note: Recto digitally stitched together due to object size. Verso captured as partial image.
Scale: Scale 1:380,160
Coordinates: (W 92°30ʹ--W 87°06ʹ/N 35°06ʹ--N 29°00ʹ).
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Roll Map 420

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Maps
Material: hand colored ;
Resource Type: cartographic image
Subject (Geographic): Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Alabama.
Louisiana.
Mississippi.
Subject (Topic): Administrative and political divisions
Subjects: Mississippi > Administrative and political divisions > Maps
Alabama > Administrative and political divisions > Maps
Louisiana > Administrative and political divisions > Maps
Administrative and political divisions
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Rhode Island Historical Society > Ownership

Access And Usage Rights

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Identifiers

Orbis Record: 3336449
Object ID (OID): 33272687