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[Map plates from "The Journal of Andrew Ellicott"].

by Ellicott, Andrew ; Ellicott, Andrew .
Publisher: Philadelphia :  Thomas Dobson, 1803 .Description: 14 map plates ; 52 x 57 cm .Subject(s): Ellicott, Andrew, 1754-1820 | United States -- Boundaries -- Maps -- 1800-1809 | West Florida -- History -- Spanish colony, 1784-1821 | Alabama -- Maps -- 1800-1839 | Florida -- Maps -- 1800-1839 | Georgia -- Maps -- 1800-1839 | Louisiana -- Maps -- 1800-1839 | Mississippi -- Maps -- 1800-1839 | Mississippi River -- Maps -- 1800-1839 | Ohio River -- Maps -- 1800-1839 | Gulf Coast (U.S.) -- Maps -- 1800-1839 | Maps -- 19th century | Mississippi -- History -- Territorial Period, 1798-1816 Contents:pl.1. [Verticals on which arcturus was observed in its ascent/descent] --pl.2. [Southern boundary from the Mississippi River to the north branch of Thompson's Creek]--pl.3. [Southern boundary from the northeast branch of Thompson's Creek to the Pearl River] --pl.4. [Southern boundary from the Pearl to the Mobile River] --pl.5. [Southern boundary from the Mobile to the Conecuh River] --pl.6. [Southern boundary from the Conecuh to the Chattahoochee River] --pl.7. [Lower portion of the Chattahoochee River] --pl.8. [St. Mary's River from its source in the Okefenokee Swamp] --pl.A. [Ohio River from Pittsburg to Cincinnati] --pl.B. [Ohio River from Cincinnati to the Mississippi River] --pl.C. [Mississippi River from the Ohio to the Arkansas River] --pl.D. [Mississippi River from the Arkansas River to Willing's Bayou] --pl.E. Southern Boundary of the United States [and the Mississippi River from Fort Adams to its mouth].
Item type Location Collection Call Number Status Date Due
Archive Request Archival Reading Room Maps MA/98.0147(b) Available

Date of situation: 1796-1800.

Covers: Louisiana, Mississippi Territory, East & West Florida, and Georgia, and the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.

Shows: southern boundary of the United States as surveyed by Ellicott, and plates associated with that determination.

Also shows: marshes, bluffs, forts, towns, Indian villages, rivers, lakes and islands pictorially.

Fourteen plates are designated: 1 - 8, and A - E.

Removed from: The Journal of Andrew Ellicott.-- Philadelphia : Thomas Dobson, 1803.--[Stacks B EL5ja]

Prime meridian shown on plates A - E is Philadelphia.

Scale for plates 2 - 6 is 1:126,720.

pl.1. [Verticals on which arcturus was observed in its ascent/descent] --pl.2. [Southern boundary from the Mississippi River to the north branch of Thompson's Creek]--pl.3. [Southern boundary from the northeast branch of Thompson's Creek to the Pearl River] --pl.4. [Southern boundary from the Pearl to the Mobile River] --pl.5. [Southern boundary from the Mobile to the Conecuh River] --pl.6. [Southern boundary from the Conecuh to the Chattahoochee River] --pl.7. [Lower portion of the Chattahoochee River] --pl.8. [St. Mary's River from its source in the Okefenokee Swamp] --pl.A. [Ohio River from Pittsburg to Cincinnati] --pl.B. [Ohio River from Cincinnati to the Mississippi River] --pl.C. [Mississippi River from the Ohio to the Arkansas River] --pl.D. [Mississippi River from the Arkansas River to Willing's Bayou] --pl.E. Southern Boundary of the United States [and the Mississippi River from Fort Adams to its mouth].

Plates are foldered individually.