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Mississippi River

noun

A major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico. Synonym: Mississippi.

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"Mississippi River" Quotes from Famous Books

... years ago to-day the Government of the United States acquired sovereignty over the vast territory west of the Mississippi River, which has since been known to the geographical nomenclature of the world as the "Louisiana Purchase." Beyond the river the boundaries and the resources of the territory were ill defined and but vaguely comprehended. The purchase ...

— Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission • Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission

... prisoners of war now held on either side, and all prisoners hereafter taken, shall be sent with all reasonable dispatch to A. M. Aiken's, below Dutch Gap, on the James River, in Virginia, or to Vicksburg, on the Mississippi River, in the State of Mississippi, and there exchanged of paroled until such exchange can be effected, notice being previously given by each party of the number of prisoners it will send, and the time when they will be delivered at those points respectively; ...

— Andersonville, complete • John McElroy

Words linked to "Mississippi River" : US, Mississippi, the States, United States, United States of America, U.S., America, U.S.A., river, USA