Map of the River Sabine from its Mouth on the Gulf of Mexico in the Sea to Logan's Ferry..

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• PUBLISHER: U.S. Gov. Sen. Ex. Doc. 199, 27th Cong., 2nd Sess.

• MEDIUM: Stone engraving

  DATE: 1842.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 34 1/8 x 7" (86.6 x 17.9 cm

• DESCRIPTION: Important map of the Sabine River which delineates the boundary between the then Republic of Texas and Louisiana. This is the second edition of the map, as issued in Senate Ex. Doc. 199, 27th Cong. 2nd Sess., 1842; the 1840 first edition was issued separately, on a much larger scale, and is exceedingly rare. This is one of six maps in the report on the Texas-U.S. boundary survey, and is the primary map, showing the boundary line along the Sabine; the other five maps were details from the present map.<br><br> Drawn by Lieut. T.J. Lee, U.S. Topographical Engineers, engraved on stone by W.J. Stone.

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• CONDITION: Good condition save for some very minor fox marks.

• REFERENCE: Day, Maps of Texas, pp. 30-31; Phillips, America, p.753; Streeter 1432.

• CATEGORIES: Maps