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Book/Printed Material Contingent expenses Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the Post Office Department. February 14, 1856. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Cited as: H. Ex. Doc. 34-26

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Title

  • Contingent expenses Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the Post Office Department. February 14, 1856. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed

Other Title

  • Cited as: H. Ex. Doc. 34-26

Names

  • United States Congress. House
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. House, author
  • United States. Department of the Post Office

Created / Published

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

Headings

  • -  United States.--Department of the Post Office
  • -  Budget
  • -  Expense accounts
  • -  Revenue
  • -  Factory and trade waste
  • -  Financial statements
  • -  United States--Appropriations and expenditures

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (11 pages). tables.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • 34-1:H.EX.DOC.26
  • Y 1.1/2:851

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024795588

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. House, Publisher United States Government Publishing Office, Author United States Congress. House, and United States Department Of The Post Office. Contingent expenses Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the Post Office Department. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1856. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024795588/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. House, United States Government Publishing Office, P., United States Congress. House, A. & United States Department Of The Post Office. (1856) Contingent expenses Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the Post Office Department. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024795588/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. House, et al. Contingent expenses Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the Post Office Department. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1856. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024795588/>.