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together with il portion ot tho 'tJmng
States. to be laid of IN SeclIans, ou the pltn
adopted by the General Government, tn
surveying the public lands. Bg Jain In
7omrette, Southern Map-Nn.r. An &C
curate Map of the State Of Mlssls ipp, M
cluding the territory lately acquired from
the ChOctaw and Chickasaw Indians. The
Map extends from the Atchafaiaya river
in Louisiana, to the east ofthe 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 Atchaialaya river Then we
have the great Mississippi river, called
"the father of waters" from its several
mouths, (or the Balize) with all lis mean
ders to the 359 N. lat. The size of the
map is 60 by rs 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 arc
sold, at the different land Offices. 1t is pro-
iected on scale of one inch to the congress
sional township, which is divided into SG
sections or square miles. The Spanish
grants and odd shaped sections, and also
the long narrow strips Of land on the Mis-
sssippi rivers and bayous, in Louisiana,
are shown on the map. 1t is so arranged
that a 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
ter) 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
as practicable, with the distance in miles,
between the towns or places of note Ma
ny of the roads were measured by the pub
Usher himself, who has constructed and
made q machine COR the express purpose {
a.ceraining eha distance 0hat he travels, 50
as to mark correctly on The map. The
margins of ihe map are 70 contain suitable
statistical tables.


H. B. The engraving Of de map is noaf
i1 finished, and will be ready 0or delivery
m about two or three months from hl-