Township 20 N. Range 13 East, land district north of Red River in the state of Louisiana / by Charles Gordon ; surveyed January 1824 by Ephraim S. Ludlow, deputy surveyor ; signed G. Davis, surveyor of public land south of the state of Tennessee ; James Basire, sculp.

Map of a Public Land Survey System township in present-day East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, and Issaquena County, Mississippi, along the Mississippi River southeast of the present-day town of Lake Providence, Louisiana. Shows section lines dividing the township into 76 sections. Sections along the ri...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Parliamentary papers (Great Britain. Parliament)
Corporate Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Emigration (Publisher)
Other Authors: Gordon, Charles (Cartographer) (Cartographer)
Ludlow, Ephraim S. (Surveyor)
Basire, James, 1796-1869 (Engraver)
Language:English
Published: [London] : [Select Committee on Emigration from the United Kingdom], [1828]
Series:Parliamentary papers (Great Britain. Parliament)
Subjects:
Public lands > Louisiana > East Carroll Parish > Surveys > Maps.
Public lands > Mississippi > Issaquena County > Surveys > Maps.
East Carroll Parish (La.) > Maps.
Issaquena County (Miss.) > Maps.
Maps.
Genre:
Surveys
Maps.
Local Note:
MSU: Gift of Ronald Dietz.
Physical Description:1 map ; 34 x 45 cm.
Variant Title:
Township 20 North Range 13 East, land district north of Red River in the state of Louisiana.
Cartographic Data:Scale approximately 1:32,200
(W 91°09ʹ23ʺ--W 91°02ʹ42ʺ/N 32°44ʹ26ʺ--N 32°39ʹ38ʺ).
Format: Map
Description
Summary:
Map of a Public Land Survey System township in present-day East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, and Issaquena County, Mississippi, along the Mississippi River southeast of the present-day town of Lake Providence, Louisiana. Shows section lines dividing the township into 76 sections. Sections along the river are long and narrow in the style of French-style long lots. Shows water features and a swampy area labeled "trace of a hurricane."
Note:Scale determined from section lines.
Map detached from: Third report from the Select Committee on Emigration from the United Kingdom, 1827.
In upper margin: "Third report of Committee on Emigration."
"Ordered to be printed 19th February 1828."
"4."
Includes table showing acreage of 62 parcels.
Call Number:G4013.E3G5 1828 G6 Map