Plan of the river Mississippi from the Indian village of the Tonicas to the river Ibberville, shewing the lands surveyed thereon as also the rivers Ibberville, Amit, and Comit, with the situation of the new town proposed at the Ibberville

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Title:
Plan of the river Mississippi from the Indian village of the Tonicas to the river Ibberville, shewing the lands surveyed thereon as also the rivers Ibberville, Amit, and Comit, with the situation of the new town proposed at the Ibberville
Title (alt.):
Plan of the Mississippi from Point Coupée to the Iberville, & from thence to the Lake Maurepas
Contributor:
Hutchins, Thomas, 1730-1789
Creator:
Durnford, Elias, 1739-1794
Name on Item:
a true copy from Enginr. Durnford by Tho. Hutchins
Date:
[ca. 1773]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Real property--Louisiana--Maps
Mississippi River--Maps
Manchac, Bayou (La.)--Maps
Amite River (La.)--Maps
Places:
Mississippi River
Louisiana > Manchac, Bayou (stream)
Louisiana > Amite (river)
Extent:
1 ms. map : col. ; 76 x 297 cm. with extension of river Iberville of 40 x 49 cm.
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Scale:
Scale 1:32,000.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Finished, colored topographical map showing surveyed parcels and a proposed plan for a new town just to the north of the site of the former Fort Bute at the mouth of the Iberville River.
No names of grant holders are given except for those of Governor George Johnstone and Lt. Governor Montfort Brown.
See the Report of Lieut. Thomas Hutchins acting engineer in consequence of General Gage's instructions dated Pensacola 1 May 1773 for a description of the area.
For a further discussion, see Hutchins, An historical narrative and topographical description of Louisiana and West Florida... Philadelphia. 1784.
Identifier:
8339
Barcode:
B3311286