Top of page

Book/Printed Material In Senate of the United States. July 31, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed without the map. Mr. Breese made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 246.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred a memorial of sundry citizens of Indiana, praying the construction of a national railroad from the Mississippi to the Columbia River, and the memorial of Asa Whitney, suggesting the means, and submitting a proposition, for the construction of such road from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean, report

View 52 images in sequence.

About this Item

Title

  • In Senate of the United States. July 31, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed without the map. Mr. Breese made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 246.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred a memorial of sundry citizens of Indiana, praying the construction of a national railroad from the Mississippi to the Columbia River, and the memorial of Asa Whitney, suggesting the means, and submitting a proposition, for the construction of such road from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean, report

Names

  • United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Lands
  • Breese, Sidney, 1800-1878

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.] : [publisher not identified], 1846.

Headings

  • -  United States.--Congress--Powers and duties
  • -  Economic development
  • -  Exports
  • -  Federal aid to transportation
  • -  Foreign trade promotion
  • -  Foreign trade and employment
  • -  Imports
  • -  Public land sales
  • -  Public lands
  • -  Railroad construction workers
  • -  Railroads--Design and construction
  • -  Railroad land grants
  • -  Transcontinental Railroad National Back Country Byway (Utah)
  • -  Cost

Genre

  • Legislative materials

Notes

  • -  Title from opening lines of text.
  • -  Appendix, p. 27.
  • -  SERIALSETDELIVERY1

Medium

  • 1 online resource (51 pages) : tables.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • 29-1:S.DOC.466
  • Y 1.1/2:478

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2022689871

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

The vast majority of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set is a work of the U.S. Government not subject to copyright in the United States and free to use or reuse. However, where the U.S. Congressional Serial Set reprints copyrighted material (for example, published in the United States less than 95 years ago, or unpublished and the author died less than 70 years ago), copyright protections may apply. For those instances, you’ll need to assess the risks of using the material for the purposes you intend.

More about Copyright and other Restrictions.

For guidance about compiling full citations consult Citing Primary Sources.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. Senate. Committee On Public Lands, and Sidney Breese. In Senate of the United States . Submitted, and ordered to be printed without the map. Mr. Breese made the following report: To accompany Bill S. No. 246. The Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred a memorial of sundry citizens of Indiana, praying the construction of a national railroad from the Mississippi to the Columbia River, and the memorial of Asa Whitney, suggesting the means, and submitting a proposition, for the construction of such road from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean, report. [Washington, D.C.: publisher not identified, 1846] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022689871/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate. Committee On Public Lands & Breese, S. (1846) In Senate of the United States . Submitted, and ordered to be printed without the map. Mr. Breese made the following report: To accompany Bill S. No. 246. The Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred a memorial of sundry citizens of Indiana, praying the construction of a national railroad from the Mississippi to the Columbia River, and the memorial of Asa Whitney, suggesting the means, and submitting a proposition, for the construction of such road from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean, report. [Washington, D.C.: publisher not identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022689871/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate. Committee On Public Lands, and Sidney Breese. In Senate of the United States . Submitted, and ordered to be printed without the map. Mr. Breese made the following report: To accompany Bill S. No. 246. The Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred a memorial of sundry citizens of Indiana, praying the construction of a national railroad from the Mississippi to the Columbia River, and the memorial of Asa Whitney, suggesting the means, and submitting a proposition, for the construction of such road from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean, report. [Washington, D.C.: publisher not identified, 1846] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2022689871/>.