"Mississippi" c 1838 - Bradford - Rare first edition

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“MISSISSIPPI.” Thomas Gamaliel Bradford. Boston: Weeks, Jordan and Co., c. 1838. Rare first edition – rare first issue – with outline color.   (Image: 14 1/8 x 11 1/8’’) 

Very fine & beautifully engraved map with original outline color.  Engraved by G. W. Boynton (owner of an engraving company in Boston 1830’s - 40’s).  

From An Illustrated Atlas, Geographical, Statistical and Historical of the United States and Adjacent Countries by T.  G.  Bradford.

This map depicts Mississippi with counties named and in contrasting outline color.  Topographical features are shown, and major cities, towns, mountains, waterways and islands are identified. Of particular interest: the northern portion of the state shows the counties of Chickasaw and Choctaw, named for the Indian tribes.

In 1825 the U.S. Government adopted the removal policy providing for transfer of eastern Indians to trans-Mississippi regions. It was announced by President Monroe in 1825 and carried out on an extensive scale by President Jackson. Most of the Mississippi Indians were “resettled” in present-day Kansas and Oklahoma. The Chickasaws were the last of the southern tribes to be removed - during the winter of 1837-38.

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  • Inventory# M-13461
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