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DROPOSALS for publishing a Splen-
Il did Map of the State Of Mississippi,
together with a portion of the adjoining
States, to be laid off in Sections, on the plan
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 Atchafaaya river
in Louisiana, to the east of the Mobile bay
(ncludIng the two cities of Mobile and
New Orleans, and showing the connection
between them, )--from thence north to the
state of Tennessee, (includng 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 AtchafaIaya 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
naP Is go ty rs inches, and contains up
words 30 square feet.


! + he F 0se f mgkng this map cor


EFT h thg as ken exact copies of


Ne.' asa maps (n,de ~ he United
t" rom which the and. are


~ re Her a and Offices is 1Io-
lerteh ga sr.ie ~ one inch to ibc cona eS-
nal township. which is divided lntl S6
sections " squire miles. The Sp,ni.h
gran I'D Old shaped sections, anl atsa
the n ntrro' strips iand ha Mis-
s'sslPpl rivers and hayo1s, in Lonsnna,
are shown % he map 1 is So arran ell
hat a person can point to the tract on
which he lives. The Counties are pul IN
their proper forms. The land districts are
shown on The map. Each town and post
'ftice on us right quarter section, with the
nnme annexed The water courses are
lnId 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 sectinns 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 a machine for the express purpose of
ascertaining the distance that he travels, so
as 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
tn about two or three months from this
lime.


June 90, 1898.