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Survey & map of Red River raft region
Survey & map of Red River raft region
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Heading: (Louisiana)
Author: Fuller, C.A.
Title: Report of the Secretary of War... a report and map of Colonel Fuller's survey of Red river, in the region of the raft
Place Published: Washington, D.C.
Publisher:Government Printing Office
Date Published: 1855
Description: 6 pp. + large folding lithographed map. 22.5x14.5 cm (8¾x5¾"), modern wrappers. Senate Ex. Doc. No. 62, 33d Congress, 2d Session.The Great Raft was an enormous log jam or series of "rafts" that clogged the Red and Atchafalaya rivers from perhaps the 12th century until its removal in the 1830s. It was unique in North America in terms of its scale. OCLC locates two copies of the House of Representatives issue (at Louisiana State University and the State Library of Louisiana), but no copies of this Senate issue.
Condition
A small fox spot or two to the map, faint marginal darkening; near fine in modern wrappers.
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Survey & map of Red River raft region

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