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Exploration of the Red river of Louisiana in the year 1852
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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San Marino, CA 91108
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No old shelf mark. A map laying out townships in central and northern Louisiana. Shows the area enclosed by the Mississippi River, the Red River, and the northern border of Louisiana. The Meridian is the 92nd. Attached notes: Louisiana. Dist. north of Red River. 1843. Cf. Phillips 741. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
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View of flume, showing details, with tents in background in a canyon. Handwriting inside case, under plate, reads: "Louisiana Company's Flume on the Mokelumne River. Taken Oct. 1853. View of upper part of [__?] and all of the [Ramsbottom?] and a part of the [Minters? Bank?]." A list of names follows: "Capt. Birdsall, Boston; Capt. Bunker, Lowell; Demithy Reid, S.C.; Horatio Reynolds; H. E. Chesebrough & [Mathew?] Lightman; Luke Chesebrough; G. Shannon; Tom Thompson; Lorna; Shorb [C?] & Bell." In addition, another note inside the case reads: "Chesebrough's Flume, Maquilumne [sic] River, Calaveras Co. Cal. 1852, 1853 & 1854."
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