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Book/Printed Material In Senate of the United States, December 18, 1817. Mr. Ruggles submitted the following motion for consideration: Resolved, that the committee on so much of the President's message as relates to roads and canals, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law, for the appointment of commissioners to survey, lay out, and mark, a road from the west bank of the Ohio River Cited as: S. Doc. 15-17

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  • In Senate of the United States, December 18, 1817. Mr. Ruggles submitted the following motion for consideration: Resolved, that the committee on so much of the President's message as relates to roads and canals, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law, for the appointment of commissioners to survey, lay out, and mark, a road from the west bank of the Ohio River

Other Title

  • Cited as: S. Doc. 15-17

Names

  • United States Congress. Senate
  • Ruggles, Benjamin 1783-1857
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. Senate, author

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1817.

Headings

  • -  United States.--Congress.--Senate.--Select Committee on Roads and Canals
  • -  Roads
  • -  Surveying
  • -  Cumberland Road
  • -  Ohio River
  • -  Ohio
  • -  Saint Louis, Missouri

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (1 page).

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • 15-1:S.DOC.17
  • Y 1.1/2:2

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024785015

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  • pdf
  • online text

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United States Congress. Senate, Benjamin Ruggles, Publisher United States Government Publishing Office, and Author United States Congress. Senate. In Senate of the United States, . Mr. Ruggles submitted the following motion for consideration: Resolved, that the committee on so much of the President's message as relates to roads and canals, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law, for the appointment of commissioners to survey, lay out, and mark, a road from the west bank of the Ohio River. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1817] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024785015/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, Ruggles, B., United States Government Publishing Office, P. & United States Congress. Senate, A. (1817) In Senate of the United States, . Mr. Ruggles submitted the following motion for consideration: Resolved, that the committee on so much of the President's message as relates to roads and canals, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law, for the appointment of commissioners to survey, lay out, and mark, a road from the west bank of the Ohio River. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024785015/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, et al. In Senate of the United States, . Mr. Ruggles submitted the following motion for consideration: Resolved, that the committee on so much of the President's message as relates to roads and canals, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law, for the appointment of commissioners to survey, lay out, and mark, a road from the west bank of the Ohio River. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1817] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024785015/>.