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...

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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GLC#
GLC04963.03
Type
Books & pamphlets
Date
1856
Author/Creator
United States War Department
Title
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...
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
1 v. Height: 30 cm, Width: 24.5 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Title continues "according to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854." "A.C. Peale" inscribed in upper right corner of title page. Volume includes parts 1 through 4 (itinerary, topography, native Indian tribes, and geology) 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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