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Title Official survey of the boundaries of the Indian lands ceded to the United States by the Treaty of St. Louis, August 1816

Creator Sullivan, John C

Date 1819

Subjects Indian land transfers, Manuscript maps

Description Pencilled note near Mississippi River: "It would seem from the Latitude of R[ock] Island as deduced from that of the N. Boundary of the public surveys that Mesrs P[hilips] and G[raham] had taken this variation 3 too great."
The report of Joseph Philips and Richard Graham, the Boundary Commissioners, dated Kaskaskia, April 4th, 1819, is printed in U.S., 16th Cong., 1st sess., 1819-20, H. Doc. 17.
Another copy of this map is in the National Archives, Cartographic and Architectural Branch, RG 75, Central Map File #731

Summary Shows area between Indian boundary lines from Lake Michigan to the junction of those lines with the Illinois and Kankakee Rivers; also line from southern exremity of Lake Michigan to Rock Island and connection with the Illinois Military Bounty Lands.

Extent 1 ms. map : ink, water color, and pencil on tracing paper ; 37 x 107 cm

Format Maps

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Call Number VAULT MS map6F G4102.N6B5 1819 .S8

BibID 92358

Size 15726px × 6454px 290.41 MB

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

File Created 12/06/2013

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Unique Identifier NL11NG77

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