A survey of the passage to the river Missisippi by the Lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas and the river Iberville : 10th January 1767

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Item Information

Title:
A survey of the passage to the river Missisippi by the Lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas and the river Iberville : 10th January 1767
Contributor:
Tayler, William, (active 1765-1779), Brigadier General
Creator:
Strachan, Patrick, volunteer
Name on Item:
by Patrick Strachan, volunteer in ye 21st Regt.
Date:
January 20, 1767
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Maurepas, Lake (La.)--Maps
Manchac, Bayou (La.)--Maps
Fort Bute (La.)--Maps
Places:
Louisiana > Maurepas, Lake
Louisiana > Manchac, Bayou (stream)
Fort Bute (historical)
Extent:
1 ms. map : col. ; 107.5 x 47.5 cm.
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Scale:
Scale 1:125,000.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Finished, colored, strip map of the British bypass of the lower Mississippi using the Iberville River.
Includes a paragraph of explanatory remarks and notations along the course of the route.
Marks site of Fort Bute.
A written report, with Strachan's recommendations, is dated 28 January 1767 and addressed to Gen. William Tayler and enclosed in Tayler to Gage 3 March 1767. The map was forwarded to Gage by Tayler in a letter from Pensacola dated 23 January 1767.
Several of the notations on the map are in the hand of Gen. Tayler.
Identifier:
8245
Barcode:
B3318375