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[[image - preprinted map of states of Arkansas, Tennessee, North Caroline, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana]]  

[[Bottom - center of the map]] 
The Mississippi river is 2800 and the Missouri 2900 miles in length. The Missouri though considered a tributary is properly the main river. It joins the Mississippi 1200 miles from the sea and forms a continuous stream 4200 miles long. [[/Bottom - center]]

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No. 12 
MAP OF THE CHIEF PART OF THE SOUTHERN STATES AND PART OF THE WESTERN. Engraved to illustrate MITCHELL'S School and Family Geography. 
EXPLANATION  
The Capitals of States are represented thus [*] Country Towns [o] 
Rail Roads [_______] Canals [===========]
The figures attached to the Cities and Towns indicate the number of thousands of the population thus New Orleans 133 signifies 133.000 inhabitants. 
The figures attached to the Rivers indicate the number of hundred of miles of their length of course thus the Mississippi River 28 signifies 2800 miles long. 
These characters [double-dagger anchor, right facing anchor, single-dagger anchor] signify steam boat ship and sloop navigation the distance of which from the sea in miles is pointed out by the attached figures. 
Remarkable battles are pointed out by a flag thus [flag glyph] the attached figures indicate the year in which they took place. 
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Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1854 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 
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Engraved by W. Williams
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