Plan of the river Mississippi from the Indian village of the Tonicas to the river Ibberville, shewing the lands surveyed thereon as also the rivers Ibberville, Amit, and Comit, with the situation of the new town proposed at the Ibberville / a true copy from Enginr. Durnford by Tho. Hutchins.
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- Plan of the river Mississippi from the Indian village of the Tonicas to the river Ibberville, shewing the lands surveyed thereon as also the rivers Ibberville, Amit, and Comit, with the situation of the new town proposed at the Ibberville / a true copy from Enginr. Durnford by Tho. Hutchins.
- Alternate Title
- Additional title on extension: Plan of the Mississippi from Point Coupée to the Iberville, & from thence to the Lake Maurepas
- Date
- [ca. 1773]
- Creator
- Durnford, Elias, 1739-1794.
- Notes
- Digitization note: Due to its large size, this item was scanned in sections, stitched together, and edited.
- Finished, colored topographical map showing surveyed parcels and a proposed plan for a new town just to the north of the site of the former Fort Bute at the mouth of the Iberville River.
- No names of grant holders are given except for those of Governor George Johnstone and Lt. Governor Montfort Brown.
- See the Report of Lieut. Thomas Hutchins acting engineer in consequence of General Gage's instructions dated Pensacola 1 May 1773 for a description of the area.
- For a further discussion, see Hutchins, An historical narrative and topographical description of Louisiana and West Florida... Philadelphia. 1784.
- Names and Subjects
- Real property--Maps, Manuscript.
- Real property--Louisiana--Maps, Manuscript.
- Manuscript maps.
- Gage Maps.
- Brun Guide.
- Maps shelf.
- Mississippi River--Manuscript maps.
- Manchac, Bayou (La.)--Manuscript maps.
- Amite River (La.)--Manuscript maps.
- Louisiana--Manuscript maps.
- Hutchins, Thomas,--1730-1789.
- ID
- 8339
- Barcode
- B3311286
- Physical Description
- 1 ms. map : col. ; 76 x 297 cm. with extension of river Iberville of 40 x 49 cm.
- Map Scale
- Scale 1:32,000.
- Sponsor
- Digitized through a gift from Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps
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- William L. Clements Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2019-07-18 18:21:53
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- 8339
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"Plan of the river Mississippi from the Indian village of the Tonicas to the river Ibberville, shewing the lands surveyed thereon as also the rivers Ibberville, Amit, and Comit, with the situation of the new town proposed at the Ibberville / a true copy from Enginr. Durnford by Tho. Hutchins.". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-8339/wcl008408. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. June 18, 2024.