American Historical Ephemera and Photography

Mississippi River from Cairo, Ill. to St. Mary's Mo. in VI Sheets. Reconnaissance for the use of the Mississippi Squadron under command of Acting Rear Admiral S.P. Lee, U.S.N. By the party of E.H. Gerdes, Assistant, assigned by A.D. Bache, Supdt. United States Coast Survey. 1865.

Complete set of six charts detailing the course of the Mississippi River from Cairo, Illinois, to St. Mary's, Missouri. Created for use by Rear Admiral S.P. Lee's Mississippi Squadron. Titles include: "Sheet No.1 / 1 to 25 miles above Cairo Ill."; "Mississippi River / Sheet No. 2 / 25 to 41 miles above Cairo"; "Mississippi River / Sheet No. 3 / 41 to 61 miles above Cairo"; "Mississippi River / Sheet No. 4 / 62 to 78 miles above Cairo"; "Mississippi River / Sheet No. 5 / 78 to 96 miles above Cairo"; "Mississippi River / Sheet No. 6 / 96 to 115 miles above Cairo." Sizes vary slightly, approx. 34 x 26 in. Rarely seen as a complete set. Condition generally good with expected toning, creasing at folds.

[With:] A group of 3 Confederate bills: 17 February 1864, $10 Confederate States of America bill featuring "Horses pulling cannon" at center and Robert M.T. Hunter (2); 17 February 1864, $50 Confederate States of America bill featuring Jefferson Davis at center. -- Requisition for Missouri Defense Bond, $100 note, unissued. -- The New York Herald. No.10,140. New York, 21 June 1864. Featuring front page article and illustration of "The Struggle at Petersburg."

[Also with:] Sheet music: "Kingdom Coming Song and Chorus" by Henry C. Work and "Hush-A-Bye, Ma Baby Missouri Waltz" by Frederic Knight Logan. -- "Memphis and Arkansas River Packet Company" steamboat receipt. 10 August 1869.