MAP OF MISSISSIPPI.
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DRoPOsALs for publishing spIen


did Map Of the State of Mississippi


together with a portion of the adjoining


States, to be laid off in Sections, on the plar


adopted by the General Government, in


surveying the public lands. By John La


TOwrette, Southern Mdp-Mnker. An ac.


curate Map of the State of Mississippi, in.


cluding the territory lately acquired from


the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. The


Map extends from the Atchafalaya river


in Louisiana, to the east of the Mobile bay
(including the two cities of Mobile and


New Orleans, and showing the connection
between them, )--from thence north to the
state of Tennessee, (including about eight
counties Of the state of Alabama ,)--thence
west, so as to embrace the south east corner
of the state of Arkansas. From thence
south TO the Atchafalaya river. Then we
have the great Mississippi river, called
"the father of waters" from its several
mouths, (or the Balize) with all its mean
ders to the $50 N. lat. The size of the
map is 60 by 76 inches, and contains up
wards of 80 square feet.


For the purpose of making this map cor
rect the publisher has taken exact copies Of
all the township maps (made by the United
States surveyors, from which the lands are
sold,) at the different land offices. 1t pro-
jected on scale of one inch to the congress
sonal township, which is divided into Sc
sections or square miles. The Spanish
grants and odd shaped sections, and also
the long narrow strips of land on the Mis-
sissippi rivers and bayous, in Louisiana,
are shown on the map. 1t is so arranged
that person can point to the tract on
which he lives. The counties are put in
their proper forms. The land districts are
shown on the map. Each town and post
office on its right quarter section, with the
name annexed. The water courses are
laid down correctly, and the miles (by wa
Ier) marked on the principal ones, so that
each person can see how far he IS from
market. The principal roads are marked |
through the sections with as much accuracy
rs practicable, with the distance in miles, |
between the towns or places of note. Ma |
ly of the roads were measured by the pub
Usher himself, who has constructed and
made machine for the express purpose of
the distance that he travels, so
rs to mark it correctly on the map. The
margins of the map are to contain suitable
statistical tables.


N. B. The engraving of the map is near
y finished, and will be ready for delivery
n about two or three months from this
ime.


June 20, 1898.