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Book/Printed Material Fortifications. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reference to fortifications. December 11, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed

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Title

  • Fortifications. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reference to fortifications. December 11, 1851. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed

Names

  • United States. Congress. House
  • United States. Department of the Navy
  • United States. War Department

Created / Published

  • Washington, DC, 1851.

Headings

  • -  Artillery
  • -  Coast defenses
  • -  Armed Forces--Appropriations and expenditures
  • -  Independent regulatiry commissions
  • -  Revenue
  • -  Factory and trade waste
  • -  Floating batteries
  • -  Fortification
  • -  Construction, Military
  • -  Construction industry--Military aspects
  • -  Military policy
  • -  Strategy
  • -  Military readiness
  • -  Navies
  • -  Steamboats
  • -  Warships
  • -  Financial statements
  • -  United States--Armed Forces--Appropriations and expenditures

Genre

  • Legislative materials

Notes

  • -  List of documents accompanying the report of the Secretary of War of December 8, 1851, on the subject of fortifications, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of March 3, 1851, p. 17.
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Medium

  • 1 online resource (250 p.): illustrations, maps, tables.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • 32-1:H.EX.DOC.5
  • Y 1.1/2:637

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2022698488

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. House, United States Department Of The Navy, and United States War Department. Fortifications. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reference to fortifications. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Washington, DC, 1851. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022698488/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. House, United States Department Of The Navy & United States War Department. (1851) Fortifications. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reference to fortifications. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Washington, DC. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022698488/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. House, United States Department Of The Navy, and United States War Department. Fortifications. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reference to fortifications. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Washington, DC, 1851. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2022698488/>.