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Book/Printed Material Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, calling for information relative to the bar in the Atchafalaya River. March 24, 1856. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Commerce. March 25, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 34-50

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Title

  • Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, calling for information relative to the bar in the Atchafalaya River. March 24, 1856. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Commerce. March 25, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed

Other Title

  • Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 34-50

Names

  • United States Congress. Senate
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. Senate, author
  • United States. War Department

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1856.

Headings

  • -  Channels (Hydraulic engineering)
  • -  Dredging
  • -  Federal aid to transportation
  • -  Hydrographic surveying
  • -  Navigation
  • -  Bodies of water
  • -  Rivers
  • -  Sand bars
  • -  Banks (Oceanography)

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (2 pages).

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • Y 1.34/1:50
  • Y 1.1/2:821

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024763540

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, Publisher United States Government Publishing Office, Author United States Congress. Senate, and United States War Department. Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, calling for information relative to the bar in the Atchafalaya River. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Commerce. March 25, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1856] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024763540/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, United States Government Publishing Office, P., United States Congress. Senate, A. & United States War Department. (1856) Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, calling for information relative to the bar in the Atchafalaya River. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Commerce. March 25, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024763540/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, et al. Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, calling for information relative to the bar in the Atchafalaya River. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Commerce. March 25, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1856] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024763540/>.