A survey of the passage to the river Missisippi by the Lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas and the river Iberville : 10th January 1767 / by Patrick Strachan, volunteer in ye 21st Regt.
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- A survey of the passage to the river Missisippi by the Lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas and the river Iberville : 10th January 1767 / by Patrick Strachan, volunteer in ye 21st Regt.
- Date
- 20th January 1767.
- Creator
- Strachan, Patrick, volunteer.
- Notes
- Finished, colored, strip map of the British bypass of the lower Missississippi using the Iberville River.
- Includes a paragraph of explanatory remarks and notations along the course of the route.
- Marks site of Fort Bute.
- A written report, with Strachan's recommendations, is dated 28 January 1767 and addressed to Gen. William Tayler and enclosed in Tayler to Gage 3 March 1767. The map was forwarded to Gage by Tayler in a letter from Pensacola dated 23 January 1767.
- Several of the notations on the map are in the hand of Gen. Tayler.
- Names and Subjects
- Manuscript maps.
- Gage Maps.
- Brun Guide.
- Maps shelf.
- Maurepas, Lake (La.)--Manuscript maps.
- Manchac, Bayou (La.)--Manuscript maps.
- Fort Bute (La.)--Manuscript maps.
- Louisiana--Manuscript maps.
- Tayler, William,--general.
- ID
- 8245
- Barcode
- B3318375
- Physical Description
- 1 ms. map : col. ; 107.5 x 47.5 cm.
- Map Scale
- Scale 1:125,000.
- Sponsor
- Digitized through a gift from Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps
- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2019-07-18 16:05:59
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- William L. Clements Library Image Bank
- Image Size
- 8552 x 18016
- File Size
- 6 MB
- Record
- 8245
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"A survey of the passage to the river Missisippi by the Lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas and the river Iberville : 10th January 1767 / by Patrick Strachan, volunteer in ye 21st Regt.". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-8245/wcl008314. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 22, 2025.