[Map of the Mississippi River from Willings Creek north to North Branch of Thompsons Creek. Little Bayou Sarah, Big Bayou Sarah, vicinity Bayou Sara, West Feliciana Parish.]

Subject

Mississipi River from Willings Creek north to North Branch of Thompsons Creek. Little Bayou Sarah, Big Bayou Sarah.

Date

1803

Mapmaker

Lawson, [Alexander], engraver

Publisher

Dobson, Thomas

Place of Publication

Philadelphia

Accession Number

1983.121

Condition

Fair. Foxing, browning, tear along fold line r bottom quadrant.

Curatorial Notes

Two copies of Ellicott's journal located in LCH Vault.

Market Value

2001: Wm Reese lists a volume of Ellicott's journal at $6,000; from Catalog #208, item 69.

Notes

Plate no. 2 from Andrew Ellicott's "The Journal of Andrew Ellicott...for Detrmining the Boundary between the United States and the Possessions of His Catholic Majesty in America." Ellicot's mission was to determine the boundary between the United States and Spanish Florida.

Size

8 3/8 x 15 3/4

Storage

c05d10