T 12 S R 11 E / T 13 S R 11E South Eastern Dist[ri]ct, La., East of [the] Miss[issipp]i R[ive]r. [Vicinity Canal Street, Mississippi River, New Orleans]

Subject

New Orleans, La., area bounded by Canal, Dauphine, Customhouse, and Old Levee Streets.

Date

1871 Jun 17 - Sep 20 (historical)

Mapmaker

Sulakowski, Valerien, original surveyor; copied by E. W. Foster

Place of Publication

New Orleans, La.

Accession Number

T0055.1997.0122

Condition

Fair. Some browning, foxing. Tears along fold lines are taped. Needs conservation.

Notes

This is a Jan 26, 1872 copy. Sulakowski (1825-1873), a native of Poland, immigrated first to Houma, Louisaina, then in 1851, to New Orleans, where he worked as a civil engineer. He joined the Confederate Army during the Civil War, where he served as Chief Engineer under General John bankhead Magruder. In 1871 he was employed at the Unted States Land Office as a surveyor.

Size

19 x 24

Storage

c01d06