Inventory of Historic Maps of Mississippi,
created 2007-2017,
by Paul Davis

Title:Mississippi Sound East of Ship Island.
Scale:ca. 1 inch to 1,760 feet
Situation Date:1847
Features:Horn Island inlets, vegetation, sections-each numbered in red to indicate number of acres.
Comments:Feature Note: "The tracts boarded with a purple shade reserved for military purposes by order of the President dated Aug. 20/47. See letter of Sect of Treasury of Sept 1/47 No. 19.458".
Coverage:Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mississippi Sound
Repository:National Archives and Records Administration, Cartographic and Architectural Records
Language:English
Size (inches):9 X 29.5
Color:Y