 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1831 - 844 pages
...October reports it finished. In a letter to Mr. Jefierson, of the same date, he says : '* // comprehends the Mississippi from the mouth of the Ohio to the gulf of Mexico, the province of West Florida, and the whole soul hern boundary of the United States, accompanied with... | |
 | 1849 - 1118 pages
...occupied by these several falls, it leaves for the rest of the descent about T»5 of a foot a mile. The Mississippi from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico, a distance of 1100 miles, has an average descent of only 3J inches to the mile, and the Ohio in 950... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1851 - 706 pages
...the Mississippi, within the limits of that State. This is in fact the only point on the westerly side of the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico, at which the highland borders of the Mississippi valley present themselves at. the margin of the river.... | |
 | Charles Ellet - Flood control Mississippi River - 1853 - 422 pages
...Point ' 1,403 Mouth of Oswaya 1,419 Smithport 1,480 Coudersport ........ 1,649 Surface of Lake Erie 565 the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico, is, therefore, 2T8B inches per mile, at low water. It has already been stated (page 23) that the average... | |
 | Charles Gayarré - Louisiana - 1854 - 674 pages
...as to the duration of their promised friendship, if they once extended their empire to the left bank of the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico. Some sudden and unexpected cause of quarrel might easily occur from the very proximity of the two flags,... | |
 | Charles Gayarré - Louisiana - 1854 - 676 pages
...as to the duration of their promised friendship, if they once extended their empire to the left bank of the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico. Some sudden and unexpected cause of quarrel might easily occur from the very proximity of the two flags,... | |
 | Charles Gayarré - Louisiana - 1867 - 680 pages
...to the. duration of their promised friendship, if they once extended their empire to the left bank of the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico. Some sudden and unexpected cause of quarrel might easily occur from the very proximity of the two flags,... | |
 | Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, Henry L. Abbot - Channels (Hydraulic engineering) - 1867 - 242 pages
...estimated, by those who observed it, to be even greater than that of the Mississippi. Now the mean velocity of the Mississippi, from the mouth of the Ohio to the gulf, at the top of such a flood as that of 1858, is 6 feet per second.! It may then be assumed that the... | |
 | Joseph Sabin - America - 1873 - 586 pages
...1803. 4to, pp. vii, 299, 151. 6 Maps. BA. ELLICOTT. The Journal [as above]. Comprehending the Ohio, the Mississippi from the Mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico, the Whole of West Florida, and Part of East Florida. To which is added An Appendix, Containing all... | |
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Mexico, with six maps comprehending the Ohio, the Mississippi from the mouth of the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico, the whole of West Florida, and part of East Florida. 
