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Special List 29: List of Selected Maps of States and Territories

Special List No. 29

Mississippi

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440. Map of Mississippi Constructed from the Surveys in the
     General Land Office and other Documents, by John Melish. . .
     . Published by John Melish, 1819.
     1 inch to 15 miles. 24.5 x 16.5. Annotated published. County
and Indian boundaries in color. Counties, township and range
numbers, military posts, Indian lands, settlements, Indian
villages, physical features, "G1. Gaines Road," "Gel. Jacksons
Road from New Orleans to the Muscle Shoals," and "Road Made by
Order of Government from Pierre River to Nashville 383 Miles."
Map is annotated to show unexplained marks placed at intervals on
the road from Pierre River to Nashville. Map also shows parts of
adjoining States. Filed as RG 77: US 118.
441. Map of Mississippi Constructed from the Surveys in the
     General Land Office and other Documents, by John Melish. . .
     . Published by John Melish, 1819. Improved to 1820.
     1 inch to 15 miles. 25.5 x 18. Annotated published. County
and Indian boundaries in color. Counties, public land surveys,
military posts, settlements, Indian lands, Indian villages, roads
and trails. Annotated to show a few additional townships,
apparently locations of land offices, and Choctaw Boundary Line
according to cession of 1820. Map is extremely discolored. Filed
as RG 49: Old Map File, Mississippi 5.
442. [Map of] Mississippi From the Surveys in the General Land
     Office, By E. Gilman, Draughtsman . . . [1837].
     1 inch to 12 miles. 34 x 24. Published. Shows public land
surveys, Indian boundaries, and drainage features. Filed as RG
49: Special Published, Mississippi 1.
443. Map of Mississippi, Louisiana, & Arkansas Exhibiting the
     Post Offices, Post Roads, Canals, Rail Roads, &c.; By David
     H. Burr (Late Topographer to the Post Office). . . . Entered
     according to the Act of Congress, July 10th, 1839.
     1 inch to 10 miles. 4 sections, 19 x 25.5. Published.
Also shows counties and parishes (in color), mileages between
post offices, township and range numbers, forts, and physical
features. Filed as RG 28: Burr Atlas, 9.
444. Diagram of the Surveying District South of Tennessee.
     [Issued by the Surveyor's Office, Jackson, Miss., Oct. 1,
     1840.]
     1 inch to 18 miles. 16.5 x 14. Published. Map shows State of
Mississippi except area in northeastern portion. Shows extent and
status of public land surveys. Map includes an explanation of the
colors and symbols used to indicate the status of township
surveys. A copy of this map is published in S. Doc. 61, 26th
Cong, 2d sess., Serial 377. Filed as RG 46: 26th Cong., 2d sess.,
12. 
445. Diagram of the Surveying District South of Tennessee.
     [Issued by the Surveyor's Office, Jackson, Miss., Oct. 1,
     1840.]
     1 inch to 18 miles. 17 x 14. Published. Map shows
Mississippi except the extreme northeastern portion. Shows status
of public land surveys, Indian boundaries, and names and
boundaries of land districts. (A copy of this map is published in
S. Doc. 61, 26th Cong., 2d sess.) Filed as RG 49: Special
Published, Mississippi 3.
446. Diagram of the Surveying District South of Tennessee. [n.d.]
     1 inch to 18 miles. 17 x 14. Published. Map shows State of
Mississippi except area in northeastern portion. Map includes an
explanation of the colors and symbols used to indicate the status
of township surveys. Filed as RG 46: 26th Cong., 1st sess., 21.
447. Diagram of the Surveying District South of Tennessee.
     [Issued by Surveyor's Office, Jackson, Miss., Oct. 1, 1841.]
     1 inch to 18 miles. 18.5 x 19. Published. Shows status of
public land surveys. Filed as RG 46: 27th Cong., 2d sess., 5.
448. No. 8 [Map of] Mississippi.
     1 inch to ca. 38 miles. 9.5 x 8. Published. Shows land
districts and locations of land offices in 1828 and 1841 and
public land offered for sale, 1828-41. 1828 land district
boundaries are shown in red. For further explanation of the map,
see S. Doc. 92, 26th Cong., 2d sess, Serial 377. (This map
without the 1828 land districts shown is filed as Mississippi 2,
Published, in RG 49.) Filed as RG 46: 26th Cong., 2d sess., 20.
449. E Diagram of the Surveying District South of Tennessee.
     [Issued by the Surveyor's Office, Jackson, Miss., Oct. 15,
     1847.]
     1 inch to 18 miles. 18.5 x 12. Published. Map shows
Mississippi except the extreme northeastern portion. Shows status
of public land surveys, Indian boundaries, and names and
boundaries of land districts. Filed as RG 49: Special Published,
Mississippi 4.
450. [Published post route map of Mississippi, Louisiana, and
     Arkansas annotated to show population by race, agricultural
     production, and kinds and number of livestock. ca. 1861-65.]
     1 inch to 10 miles. 2 sections, each 44 x 34. Annotated
published. Population figures (white, free colored, and slave)
shown by county or parish. This map is believed to have been
compiled by the Census Office for the use of the Army during the
Civil War. Filed as RG 57: Geological Survey Library.
451. Sketch of the Public Surveys in the State of Mississippi.
     [Issued by the General Land Office on Oct. 2, 1866.]
     1 inch to 18 miles. 20 x 13. Published. County boundaries
are shown in color. Public surveys, county names, towns,
locations of land offices, railroad land-grant limits, land
districts, Choctaw boundary lines, and drainage. Filed as RG 49:
Special Published, Mississippi 5.
452. Hardee's Geographical, Historical, and Statistical Official
     Map of Mississippi, Embracing Portions of Arkansas,
     Louisiana, and Tennessee, From Recent Surveys and
     Investigations and Officially Compiled Under Authority From
     the State Legislature by T. S. Hardee, State Engineer, A.D.
     1872. [Approved July 12, 1872, by Governor R. C. Powers.]
     1 inch to 12 miles. 41 x 29.5. Annotated published. County
names and boundaries, land districts (in color), public land
surveys, roads, and railroad lines. Annotated to show names of
land districts. Small inset map "Railroad and Geological Map of
Mississippi." Various statistical tables. Filed as RG 49: Old Map
File, Mississippi 12.
453. [Map of the] State of Mississippi. . . . 1878. Compiled from
     the official Records of the General Land Office.
     1 inch to 12 miles. 33.5 x 22.5. Published. County
boundaries in color. Public land surveys, towns, railroad lines,
principal rail stations, and railroad land-grant limits. Drainage
features. Filed as RG 49: Standard Published, Mississippi, 1878.
454. Gray's New Map of Mississippi By Frank A. Gray. . . . 
     Copyright, 1878, by O. W. Gray & Son.
     1 inch to ca. 15 miles. 31 x 18.5. Published. Counties (in
color), parts of adjoining States, railroads, canals, towns,
townships, lighthouses, and lightships. Filed as RG 77: US 373-
54.
455. [Map of the] State of Mississippi. . . . 1885. Compiled from
     the official Records of the General Land Office . . . Drawn
     by G. P. Strum. 
     1 inch to 12 miles. 33 x 21.5. Published. County boundaries,
military and naval reservations, and railroad land-grant limits
are shown in color. Also shows public land surveys, towns,
principal railroad stations, railroad lines, and physical
features. Also a black and white base map for this date. 32.5 x
22.5. Filed as RG 49: Standard Published, Mississippi, 1885.
456. Post Route Map of the State of Mississippi showing post
     offices with the intermediate distances on mail routes in
     operation on the 1st of March, 1911.
     1 inch to ca. 8 miles. 47 x 32. Published. Frequency and
types of mail service, discontinued post offices, counties,
towns, railroads, physical features, and parts of adjoining
States. Post routes in color to show frequency of service. Filed
as RG 28: State Maps, Mississippi, 1911.
457. [Map of the] State of Mississippi, Compiled from the
     official Records of the General Land Office . . . 1915. . .
     . Compiled and Drawn by A. F. Dinsmore. . . . Traced and
     Lettered by George A. Daidy.
     1 inch to 12 miles. 35 x 22.5. Published. County and bird
reservation boundaries, military and naval reservations, and
surveying districts governed by Chickasaw, Huntsville, Choctaw,
Washington, and St. Stephens meridians. Also shows township and
range numbers, towns and cities, and railroad lines. Relief is
shown in color. Also a black and white base map for this date.
Does not show surveying districts. 36 x 23. Filed as RG 49:
Standard Published, Mississippi, 1915.
458. [Map of Mississippi issued by the U.S. Geological Survey,
     1916.]
     1 inch to ca. 16 miles. 24 x 16.5. Published. County names
and boundaries, township and range numbers, towns and cities,
railroad lines, and drainage features. Also a copy of this map
reprinted in 1918. Filed as RG 57: Published State Maps,
Mississippi, 1916.
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