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Book/Printed Material Report of the Secretary of War, communicating copies of all reports of the engineers and other persons, employed to make explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, that have been received at the Department. February 6, 1854. -- Referred to the select committee on the subject, and ordered to be printed

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  • Report of the Secretary of War, communicating copies of all reports of the engineers and other persons, employed to make explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, that have been received at the Department. February 6, 1854. -- Referred to the select committee on the subject, and ordered to be printed

Names

  • United States. Congress. Senate
  • United States. War Department

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.] : [publisher not identified], 1854.

Headings

  • -  United States.--War Department.--Topographical Bureau
  • -  Discoveries in geography
  • -  Discovery and exploration
  • -  Pacific railroads
  • -  Transportation surveys
  • -  Surveying
  • -  Transcontinental Railroad National Back Country Byway (Utah)

Genre

  • Legislative materials

Notes

  • -  List of accompanying papers, p. 4.
  • -  SERIALSETDELIVERY1

Medium

  • 1 online resource (118 pages) : maps.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • X 33-1:S.EX.DOC.29
  • Y 1.1/2:695

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2022690814

Online Format

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  • pdf
  • online text

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United States Congress. Senate, and United States War Department. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating copies of all reports of the engineers and other persons, employed to make explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, that have been received at the Department. February 6, . -- Referred to the select committee on the subject, and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: publisher not identified, 1854] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022690814/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate & United States War Department. (1854) Report of the Secretary of War, communicating copies of all reports of the engineers and other persons, employed to make explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, that have been received at the Department. February 6, . -- Referred to the select committee on the subject, and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: publisher not identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022690814/.

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United States Congress. Senate, and United States War Department. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating copies of all reports of the engineers and other persons, employed to make explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, that have been received at the Department. February 6, . -- Referred to the select committee on the subject, and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: publisher not identified, 1854] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2022690814/>.