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Plantations on the Mississippi River from Natchez to New Orleans, 1858 /this map was drawn by Joseph Aiena of the Art Department of the Chambers Agency, Inc., Advertising -- New York, Detroit, Louisville, New Orleans.

Course of the River Mississippi, from the Balise to Fort Chartres ; taken on an expedition to the Illinois, in the latter end of the year 1765 by Lieut. Ross of the 34th Regiment

Map of the Mississippi River from its source to the mouth of the Missouri / laid down from the notes of Lieut. Z.M. Pike, by Anthony Nau ; reduced and corrected by the astronomical observations of Mr. Thompson at its source ; and of Captn. M. Lewis, where it receives the waters of the Missouri ; by Nichs. King ; engraved by Francis Shallus, Philadelphia

Missouri Territory, formerly Louisiana.

Reconnoissance of the Mississippi & Ohio Rivers made during the months of October, November & December 1821, by Capt. H. Young -Capt. W.T. Poussin of the Topog. l Engrs. and Lieut. S. Tuttle of the Engrs.

Map of the country embracing the route of the expedition of 1823 commanded by Major S.H. Long / engraved by R. Penny

Map of the harbor of St. Louis, Mississippi River, Oct. 1837 /Surveyed by Lt. R.E. Lee, Corps of Engineers [and others] Drawn by Lt. Meigs, Corps of Engineers. W.J. Stone, sc.

Map of Chicago River, accompanying the annual report of Tho. Jefferson Cram, Capt. U.S.T.E., Sep. 1839

Map of the United States and their territories between the Mississippi and the Pacific Ocean ; and part of Mexico

Alton, Illinois

Chicago harbor & bar, Illinois. : from survey made in April, 1857, under the direction of Brevet Lieut. Col. J.D. Graham ... accompanying Lt. Col. Graham's annual report (No. 200) to the Chief Top Engineer, dated Chicago Sept. 30, 1857. Also his annual report (No. 230) to same, dated Chicago, November 15th, 1858

The Mississippi

Lloyd's map of the lower Mississippi River from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico. compiled from government surveys in the Topographical Bureau, Washington, D.C. Revised and corrected to the present time, by Captains Bart. and William Bowen, pilots of twenty years' experience on that river

Panorama of the Mississippi Valley and its fortifications

Ohio River between Mound City and Cairo / surveyed by the party of F.H. Gerdes, asst. assigned by A.D. Bache, Supdt. U.S. Coast Survey to act under orders of Rear Admiral D.D. Porter, U.S.N., commanding Mississippi Squadron

Mississippi River from Cairo, Illinois to St. Marys, Missouri in VI Sheets

Mississippi River projected from a trigonometrical survey executed under the orders of Major C.B. Comstock, Corps of Engineers, Brvt. Brig. Gen. U.S.A., in 1877, '78

Preliminary map of the lower Mississippi River from the mouth of the Ohio River to the head of the passes in thirty two sheets. Compiled & drawn by Edward Molitor

Map of the all-water route from the Mississippi to New York and the eastern Atlantic

Map of the Mississippi River from the falls of St. Anthony to the junction of the Illinois River. Compiled from survey of upper Mississippi River from St. Paul to Grafton, made in 1878 and 1879 under direction of F.U. Farquhar with additions from notes and surveys under direction of G.K. Warren, J.N. Macomb, and A. Mackenzie. Drawn under the direction of A. Mackenzie by H. Bosse and A.J. Stibott

Map of the Upper Mississippi River from the mouth of the Ohio River to Lake Itasca, Minn. in fifty sheets

Map of survey along the east bank of the Mississippi River from the city of Warsaw to the city of Quincy with a view to improving the navigation by preventing the water from overflowing the natural and artificial banks along those parts of the river and deepening the channel as express in the River and Harbor Act of Aug. 17. 1894. Shows profile and alignment of the Hunt, Lima Lake, and Indian Grave levees, and estimate of cost of reinforcing same. Compiled from surveys of the Mississippi River Commission and actual measurements. Made under direction of A. Mackenzie, Major of Engineers, U. S. Army, by M. Meigs, U. S. C. E. and R. Monroe, surveyor

Map of the lower Mississippi River from the mouth of the Ohio River to the head of the passes, in thirty two sheets, published in 1881-1897 by the Mississippi River Commission

Atlas containing maps of Chicago River, Illinois and its branches : showing result of improvement by the U.S. government

Topographical map of the Tri Cities Davenport Ia, Rock Island and Moline IlL. showing the Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island Rapids and the western terminus of the Illinois and Mississippi Canal compiled and drawn from actual surveys, government, state, county and city records by M. Huebinger, S. Wangersheim, lith., Chicago

Survey of the Mississippi River Made under the direction of the Mississippi River Commission

Map of the Saint Francis Basin in two parts /compiled and drawn, under the direction of Mason M. Patrick, Captain, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A., Secretary Mississippi River Commission, and George P. Howell, Captain, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A., Secretary Mississippi River Commission, by C.W. Clark, Assistant Engineer.

Map of the Mississippi River from the Falls of St. Anthony to the junction of the Missouri River in twenty seven sheets. Compiled from maps of survey of upper Mississippi River from St. Paul to Grafton made under direction of Major F.U. Farquhar, Corps of Eng'rs. in 1878 and 1879 and from maps of the Mississippi River Commission, with additions from notes and surveys made under the direction of Lt. Col. A. Mackenzie, Lt. Col. W.R. King and Maj. C. McD. Townsend, Corps of Eng'rs drawn under the direction of Majors C. McD. Townsend, Jas. L. Lusk, and C.S. Riche, Corps of Eng'rs. by H. Bosse and A.J. Stibolt

Map of the Illinois and Des Plaines rivers from Chicago, Illinois, to the mouth of the Illinois River, in 14 sheets including an index map. Made under the direction of a Board of Engineers ... Corps of Engineers, United States Army, by J. W. Woermann, 1902-1905

Map of the Country of the Illinois, part of upper Louisiana

Illinois and Mississippi Canal and vicinity. Compiled and drawn under direction of Major C.S. Riche, ́ corps of Engineers, U.S. Army

Survey of Mississippi River atlas

Contour map of the Mound Lake Drainage and Levee District

Illinois, La Salle County, Starved Rock and vicinity

Rock River from Janesville, Wis., to Sterling, Ill., in 41 sheets, including an index map. Surveyed and platted under the direction of Major Chas. Keller, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A., and L.L. Wheeler, U.S. Assistant Engineer by H.E. Reeves, U.S. Assistant Engineer, 1912-1913

Illinois Spoon River drainage project

Wabash River and Valley from Terre Haute, Ind. to mouth in 13 charts / surveyed and mapped under the direction of the District Engineer Office, Louisville, Ky.

Embarass River drainage project

Map showing existing sewers and sewer districts and preliminary location of intercepting sewer, April 1914

Map showing watershed of Des Plaines River above Joliet, August 1914

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