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Book/Printed Material Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a copy of report of an inspection of the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and draft of a bill providing for the disbursement of the earnings and proceeds of the labor of convicts in defraying the necessary expenses of the prison. January 24, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 45-44

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Title

  • Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a copy of report of an inspection of the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and draft of a bill providing for the disbursement of the earnings and proceeds of the labor of convicts in defraying the necessary expenses of the prison. January 24, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed

Other Title

  • Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 45-44

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, 1879.

Headings

  • -  Convict labor
  • -  Military appointments
  • -  Military bases
  • -  Military law
  • -  Military pay
  • -  Military prisons
  • -  Prisoners
  • -  Prisons

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (15 pages).

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • Y 1.45/3:44
  • Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 1828

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024800802

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. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a copy of report of an inspection of the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and draft of a bill providing for the disbursement of the earnings and proceeds of the labor of convicts in defraying the necessary expenses of the prison. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1879] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024800802/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, United States Government Publishing Office, P., United States Congress. Senate, A. & United States War Department. (1879) Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a copy of report of an inspection of the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and draft of a bill providing for the disbursement of the earnings and proceeds of the labor of convicts in defraying the necessary expenses of the prison. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024800802/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, et al. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating a copy of report of an inspection of the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and draft of a bill providing for the disbursement of the earnings and proceeds of the labor of convicts in defraying the necessary expenses of the prison. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1879] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024800802/>.