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Book/Printed Material Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, a copy of the report of Captain Thomas J. Cram, of November, 1856, on the oceanic routes to California. February 16, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 34-51

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Title

  • Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, a copy of the report of Captain Thomas J. Cram, of November, 1856, on the oceanic routes to California. February 16, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed

Other Title

  • Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 34-51

Names

  • United States Congress. Senate
  • Cram, Thomas Jefferson
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. Senate, author
  • United States. War Department
  • United States. Topographical Bureau

Created / Published

  • Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1857.

Headings

  • -  Panama Railroad Company
  • -  Shipping
  • -  Navigation
  • -  Railroad construction workers
  • -  Railroads
  • -  Steamboats
  • -  Trade routes
  • -  California
  • -  Cuba
  • -  Florida
  • -  Honduras
  • -  Isthmus of Panama
  • -  Isthmus of Tehuantepec
  • -  Nicaragua
  • -  Panama

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (20 pages).

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • 34-3:S.EX.DOC.51
  • Y 1.1/2:881

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2022699106

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, Thomas Jefferson Cram, Publisher United States Government Publishing Office, Author United States Congress. Senate, United States War Department, and United States Topographical Bureau. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, a copy of the report of Captain Thomas J. Cram, of November, 1856, on the oceanic routes to California. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1857. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022699106/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, Cram, T. J., United States Government Publishing Office, P., United States Congress. Senate, A., United States War Department & United States Topographical Bureau. (1857) Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, a copy of the report of Captain Thomas J. Cram, of November, 1856, on the oceanic routes to California. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022699106/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, et al. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, a copy of the report of Captain Thomas J. Cram, of November, 1856, on the oceanic routes to California. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1857. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2022699106/>.