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Book/Printed Material Improvement of the Mississippi River and its alluvial lands. Memorial of John Cowdon, addressed to Hon. John H. Reagan, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce of the House of Representatives, relating to the improvement of the Mississippi River and its alluvial lands. January 14, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed Cited as: H. Misc. Doc. 45-13

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Title

  • Improvement of the Mississippi River and its alluvial lands. Memorial of John Cowdon, addressed to Hon. John H. Reagan, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce of the House of Representatives, relating to the improvement of the Mississippi River and its alluvial lands. January 14, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed

Other Title

  • Cited as: H. Misc. Doc. 45-13

Names

  • United States Congress. House
  • Cowdon, John
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. House, author

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1879.

Headings

  • -  Reagan, John Henninger.--1818-1905
  • -  United States.--Congress.--House.--Committee on Commerce
  • -  Flood control
  • -  Levees
  • -  Navigation
  • -  Bodies of water
  • -  Rivers
  • -  Water diversion
  • -  Water levels
  • -  Wetlands
  • -  Cost
  • -  Mississippi River
  • -  New Orleans, Louisiana
  • -  Red River

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Memorials and petitions
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (12 pages). tables.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • 45-3:H.MIS.DOC.13
  • Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 1861

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024800998

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. House, John Cowdon, Publisher United States Government Publishing Office, and Author United States Congress. House. Improvement of the Mississippi River and its alluvial lands. Memorial of John Cowdon, addressed to Hon. John H. Reagan, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce of the House of Representatives, relating to the improvement of the Mississippi River and its alluvial lands. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1879] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024800998/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. House, Cowdon, J., United States Government Publishing Office, P. & United States Congress. House, A. (1879) Improvement of the Mississippi River and its alluvial lands. Memorial of John Cowdon, addressed to Hon. John H. Reagan, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce of the House of Representatives, relating to the improvement of the Mississippi River and its alluvial lands. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce 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/2024800998/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. House, et al. Improvement of the Mississippi River and its alluvial lands. Memorial of John Cowdon, addressed to Hon. John H. Reagan, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce of the House of Representatives, relating to the improvement of the Mississippi River and its alluvial lands. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce 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/2024800998/>.