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Book/Printed Material Petition of the People's Pacific Railroad Company, chartered by the Legislature of Maine, for the purpose of building a railroad and establishing a telegraph from the western line of the State of Missouri to San Francisco, praying the right of way and a grant of land. April 16, 1860. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed Cited as: S. Misc. Doc. 36-52

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Title

  • Petition of the People's Pacific Railroad Company, chartered by the Legislature of Maine, for the purpose of building a railroad and establishing a telegraph from the western line of the State of Missouri to San Francisco, praying the right of way and a grant of land. April 16, 1860. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed

Other Title

  • Cited as: S. Misc. Doc. 36-52

Names

  • United States Congress. Senate
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. Senate, author
  • People's Pacific Railroad Company

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1860.

Headings

  • -  Federal aid to transportation
  • -  Incorporation
  • -  Public lands
  • -  Railroad construction workers
  • -  Railroad land grants
  • -  Right of way
  • -  Telegraph
  • -  Transcontinental Railroad National Back Country Byway (Utah)

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (16 p.).

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • 36-1:S.MIS.52
  • Y 1.1/2:1038

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024797680

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 People'S Pacific Railroad Company. Petition of the People's Pacific Railroad Company, chartered by the Legislature of Maine, for the purpose of building a railroad and establishing a telegraph from the western line of the State of Missouri to San Francisco, praying the right of way and a grant of land. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1860] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024797680/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, United States Government Publishing Office, P., United States Congress. Senate, A. & People'S Pacific Railroad Company. (1860) Petition of the People's Pacific Railroad Company, chartered by the Legislature of Maine, for the purpose of building a railroad and establishing a telegraph from the western line of the State of Missouri to San Francisco, praying the right of way and a grant of land. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024797680/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, et al. Petition of the People's Pacific Railroad Company, chartered by the Legislature of Maine, for the purpose of building a railroad and establishing a telegraph from the western line of the State of Missouri to San Francisco, praying the right of way and a grant of land. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1860] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024797680/>.