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Book/Printed Material Improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi, etc., by contract. (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 306, 307, 308, 309.) April 30, 1856 Cited as: H. Rept. 34-88

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Title

  • Improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi, etc., by contract. (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 306, 307, 308, 309.) April 30, 1856

Other Title

  • Cited as: H. Rept. 34-88

Names

  • United States Congress. House. Committee on Commerce
  • Kennett, Luther Martin 1807-1873
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. House, author

Created / Published

  • Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1856.

Headings

  • -  United States.--Congress.--House.--Committee on Commerce.--Eads and Nelson
  • -  Federal aid to transportation
  • -  Government contractors
  • -  Navigation
  • -  Public contracts
  • -  Bodies of water
  • -  Rivers
  • -  Snags (Forestry)
  • -  Arkansas River
  • -  Mississippi River
  • -  Missouri River
  • -  Ohio River

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (10 pages).

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • 34-1:H.RP.88
  • Y 1.1/2:868

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2022699131

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. House. Committee On Commerce, Luther Martin Kennett, Publisher United States Government Publishing Office, and Author United States Congress. House. Improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi, etc., by contract. To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 306, 307, 308, 309. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1856. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022699131/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. House. Committee On Commerce, Kennett, L. M., United States Government Publishing Office, P. & United States Congress. House, A. (1856) Improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi, etc., by contract. To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 306, 307, 308, 309. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022699131/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. House. Committee On Commerce, et al. Improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi, etc., by contract. To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 306, 307, 308, 309. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1856. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2022699131/>.