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Book/Printed Material Report of the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the Senate respecting the measures taken to establish a daily mail between certain places on the Mississippi River, as required by the 11th section of the "Act To Establish Certain Post Roads and for Other Purposes," approved August 31, 1852. February 10, 1854. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed

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  • Report of the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the Senate respecting the measures taken to establish a daily mail between certain places on the Mississippi River, as required by the 11th section of the "Act To Establish Certain Post Roads and for Other Purposes," approved August 31, 1852. February 10, 1854. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed

Names

  • United States. Congress. Senate
  • United States. Department of the Post Office

Created / Published

  • Washington, DC, 1854.

Headings

  • -  Letting of contracts
  • -  Express service
  • -  Government contractors
  • -  Mail steamers
  • -  Packets
  • -  Postal service
  • -  Public contracts

Genre

  • Legislative materials

Notes

  • -  SERIALSETDELIVERY1

Medium

  • 1 online resource (20 pages) : tables.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • 33-1:S.EX.DOC.31
  • Y 1.1/2:698

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2022698673

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, and United States Department Of The Post Office. Report of the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the Senate respecting the measures taken to establish a daily mail between certain places on the Mississippi River, as required by the 11th section of the "Act To Establish Certain Post Roads and for Other Purposes," approved . February 10, 1854. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Washington, DC, 1854. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022698673/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate & United States Department Of The Post Office. (1854) Report of the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the Senate respecting the measures taken to establish a daily mail between certain places on the Mississippi River, as required by the 11th section of the "Act To Establish Certain Post Roads and for Other Purposes," approved . February 10, 1854. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Washington, DC. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022698673/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, and United States Department Of The Post Office. Report of the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the Senate respecting the measures taken to establish a daily mail between certain places on the Mississippi River, as required by the 11th section of the "Act To Establish Certain Post Roads and for Other Purposes," approved . February 10, 1854. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Washington, DC, 1854. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2022698673/>.