1st item: SURVEY OF THE HARBOR OF MEMPHIS, TENN, made in obedience to an order from the Secretary of the Navy by Captain L. Rosseau, Commissioner H. A. Adams, and Lieutenant Johnson, U.S. Navy, April 1843. Printed map with color depicting the Mississippi River and the Wolf River with the Chickasaw Bluff, South Memphis, and Memphis along Front Street and Antion Street, with notations regarding the river bed. Title, lower left. 12 1/8" H x 16 3/4" W. 2nd item: MEMPHIS map, by Reclus Elisee, drawn by Charles Perron, from "Nouvelle Geographie Universelle, La Terre et Les Homme, Vol. XVI," published by Hachette, Paris, 1892. Printed map with color depicting the city of Memphis arranged in plats to the right side of the Mississippi River, additional land to the left of the river. Title, top center above image, scale of miles, lower center below image. English text, en verso. 7 3/4" H x 7 3/8" W. 3rd item: PLAN OF THE MEMPHIS FAIR GROUNDS, WITH THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDITIONS NOW BEING MADE, constructed by the Memphis Engineer Works, published in "The Daily Memphis Avalanche," Monday, April, 1, 1872. Black and white newspaper printed map depicting a stylized plan of the fairgrounds built for the Memphis Industrial Exposition that opened October 12, 1872 in close proximity to Memphis and Charleston Railroad track, lower center. Title, lower right, Explanation, top left. Newspaper text, en verso. 9 3/8" H x 14 1/2" W. 4th item: FRANKLIN LAND CO. ISLAND TAKEN FROM RIGHT OF WAY MAP, by the Memphis Harbor Commission, November 6, 1933. Printed map with color depicting a plat map of part of the city of Memphis between Hall Avenue and North Second Street, detailing the "Present To of Ban" and the "Present Low Water Channel" in addition to the "Dedicated Strip for Channel." Title and scale, lower right. 8 5/8" H x 11 1/8" W.

PROVENANCE: Private West Tennessee Collection.

CONDITION: 1st item: Light toning, few scattered minute foxing spots, sticky residue, likely from original binding, to left margin, minor tears and areas of loss to edges of sheet, pencil inscriptions from previous owners. 2nd item: Light toning. Two horizontal tears across width of map with scotch tape repairs, visible en verso. 3rd item: Toning, areas of dampstaining, wrinkling to sheet. 3/4" x 1 1/2" off-white archival paper repair patch, top right, en verso. 4th item: Toning, areas of dampstaining.