United States War Department Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made under the Secretary of War, in 1853-4...
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04963.04 Author/Creator: United States War Department Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Book Date: 1856 Pagination: 1 v. : plates Height: 30 cm, Width: 24.5 cm Order a Copy
Title continues "according to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854." Imprint and stamp of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania on title page. Volume includes parts 5 (botany), 6 (zoology), and the appendices of the report of Lieutenant A.W. Whipple regarding the territory near the 35th parallel. Executive document no. 78. Large folio volume with modern leather binding. Pagination not continuous.
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