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Book/Printed Material Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th of August last, calling for information respecting the ice-breaker and breakwater at the entrance of Delaware Bay, the erection of a mole or pier opposite thereto, and a marine hospital at Lewistown ; also for the construction of a breakwater on Crow shoal. December 18, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 34-9

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Title

  • Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th of August last, calling for information respecting the ice-breaker and breakwater at the entrance of Delaware Bay, the erection of a mole or pier opposite thereto, and a marine hospital at Lewistown ; also for the construction of a breakwater on Crow shoal. December 18, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed

Other Title

  • Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 34-9

Names

  • United States Congress. Senate
  • Barnard, J. G. (John Gross)
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. Senate, author
  • United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
  • United States. War Department
  • United States. War Department. Engineer Department

Created / Published

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

Headings

  • -  Coastal engineering
  • -  Coastwise shipping
  • -  Federal aid to transportation
  • -  Harbors
  • -  Hospitals, Naval and marine
  • -  Hydrographic surveying
  • -  Sea-walls
  • -  Cape May, New Jersey
  • -  Crow Shoal (N.J.)
  • -  Delaware Bay
  • -  Lewes, Delaware

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (13 pages). tables.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • 34-3:S.EX.DOC.9
  • Y 1.1/2:878

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024795904

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, J. G Barnard, Publisher United States Government Publishing Office, Author United States Congress. Senate, United States Army. Corps Of Engineers, United States War Department, and United States War Department. Engineer Department. Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th of August last, calling for information respecting the ice-breaker and breakwater at the entrance of Delaware Bay, the erection of a mole or pier opposite thereto, and a marine hospital at Lewistown ; also for the construction of a breakwater on Crow shoal. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1856. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024795904/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, Barnard, J. G., United States Government Publishing Office, P., United States Congress. Senate, A., United States Army. Corps Of Engineers, United States War Department & United States War Department. Engineer Department. (1856) Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th of August last, calling for information respecting the ice-breaker and breakwater at the entrance of Delaware Bay, the erection of a mole or pier opposite thereto, and a marine hospital at Lewistown ; also for the construction of a breakwater on Crow shoal. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024795904/.

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 16th of August last, calling for information respecting the ice-breaker and breakwater at the entrance of Delaware Bay, the erection of a mole or pier opposite thereto, and a marine hospital at Lewistown ; also for the construction of a breakwater on Crow shoal. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1856. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024795904/>.