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Book/Printed Material Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with law, a progress report of the Mississippi River Commission, dated November 25, 1881. December 15, 1881. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10

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Title

  • Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with law, a progress report of the Mississippi River Commission, dated November 25, 1881. December 15, 1881. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed

Other Title

  • Cited as: S. Ex. Doc. 47-10

Names

  • United States Congress. Senate
  • Eads, James Buchanan
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. Senate, author
  • United States. War Department
  • United States. Mississippi River Commission

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1882.

Headings

  • -  Budget
  • -  Channels (Hydraulic engineering)
  • -  Federal aid to transportation
  • -  Flood control
  • -  Alluvial plains
  • -  Floodplains
  • -  Geological surveys
  • -  Hydraulic engineering
  • -  Hydrographic surveying
  • -  Levees
  • -  Navigation
  • -  Bodies of water
  • -  Rivers
  • -  Water levels
  • -  Cost
  • -  United States--Appropriations and expenditures

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (269 pages). color maps, illustrations, tables.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • Y 1.47/1:10
  • Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 1986

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024802473

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, James Buchanan Eads, Publisher United States Government Publishing Office, Author United States Congress. Senate, United States War Department, and United States Mississippi River Commission. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with law, a progress report of the Mississippi River Commission, dated . December 15, 1881. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1882] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024802473/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, Eads, J. B., United States Government Publishing Office, P., United States Congress. Senate, A., United States War Department & United States Mississippi River Commission. (1882) Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with law, a progress report of the Mississippi River Commission, dated . December 15, 1881. -- 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/2024802473/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate, et al. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with law, a progress report of the Mississippi River Commission, dated . December 15, 1881. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1882] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024802473/>.