(LOUISIANA) Laws and Resolutions of the Board of Levee Commi

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(LOUISIANA.) Laws and Resolutions of the Board of Levee Commissioners for the District . . . of Carroll and Madison. 40 pages. 8vo, original plain wrappers, minor wear; two binding holes punched in inner margin, toning, vertical fold; uncut, signed on page 32 by the secretary of the commission, with his embossed seal. Lake Providence, LA, 1858

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Discusses the creation and maintenance of levees along the Mississippi River in northeastern Louisiana. Signed by secretary Charles Robertson Purdy (1833-1863), who later served as captain of the Lake Providence Cadets of the 4th Louisiana Regiment in the Civil War, and died in the Siege of Port Hudson. One in OCLC (Historic New Orleans).