Inventory of Historic Maps of Mississippi,
created 2007-2017,
by Paul Davis
| Title: | Map of Mississippi : constructed from the surveys in the General Land Office and other documents / by John Melish. |
| Author: | Melish, John, 1771-1822. |
| Scale: | 1 inch to 15 miles |
| Situation Date: | 1820 |
| Publication Date: | 1820 |
| Type: | Original |
| Features: | Drainage, bluffs, counties, townships grid, Choctaw Boundary, Indian nations and settlements with population, stands(inns) along the Natchez Trace, Indian paths, Indian agencies, towns, communities, trails, roads, ("Gel. Jackson's Road from New Orleans to Muscle Shoals", Natchez Trace-"Road made by order of government from [Bayou] Pierre River to Nashville 383 miles." |
| Comments: | General Note: An improved version of the 1819 edition to show additional townships and apparent locations of land offices, and Choctaw Boundary. Features Note: Annotated to show unexplained marks along the Natchez Trace. Publication Note: "Entered according to Act of Congress the 10th of September 1819." Repository Note: The 1819 version is on file at the Mississippi Archives and Scott County library. |
| Coverage: | Mississippi |
| Repository: | Library of Congress | National Archives and Records Administration, Cartographic and Architectural Records |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Philadelphia : J. Melish, [1820] |
| Size (inches): | 25.5 X 16.8 |
| Color: | Y |
| Link: | http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3980.ct000650 |