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Map [Rough sketch showing the Mississippi River from its junction with the Ohio to a little below Memphis].

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Title

  • [Rough sketch showing the Mississippi River from its junction with the Ohio to a little below Memphis].

Names

  • Clark, William, 1770-1838, cartographer.

Created / Published

  • [Mississippi] : William Clark, [between 1803 and 1804]

Headings

  • -  Lewis and Clark Expedition--(1804-1806)--Maps
  • -  Mississippi River Region--Maps
  • -  United States--Mississippi River Region

Genre

  • Manuscript maps

Notes

  • -  Title devised by cataloger.
  • -  Pen-and-ink sketch with numerous notations on the east bank of the Mississippi. "Wolf Isld." and "Big Island" are named.
  • -  Condition imperfect: Foxed, torn and missing small internal sections at fold lines, fragile (cut in center), mounted on cloth backing.
  • -  Illegible writing on verso of map covered by cloth backing with cut to form a flap: Record of Lieut. Clark for twelve dollars for .... (illegible).
  • -  On verso: Transferred from Interior Department Jan. 7, 1925, Office, Indian Affairs.
  • -  In pencil in lower right corner on verso: St. no. 5811-3.

Medium

  • 1 manuscript map ; 16 x 13 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4042.M5 1803 .C5

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2014592001

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Clark, William, Cartographer. Rough sketch showing the Mississippi River from its junction with the Ohio to a little below Memphis. [Mississippi: william clark, between 1803 and 1804, 1803] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2014592001/.

APA citation style:

Clark, W. (1803) Rough sketch showing the Mississippi River from its junction with the Ohio to a little below Memphis. [Mississippi: william clark, between 1803 and 1804] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2014592001/.

MLA citation style:

Clark, William, Cartographer. Rough sketch showing the Mississippi River from its junction with the Ohio to a little below Memphis. [Mississippi: william clark, between 1803 and 1804, 1803] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2014592001/>.