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Book/Printed Material Obligation to carry the United States mails. February 16, 1886. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed Cited as: H. Rept. 49-534

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Title

  • Obligation to carry the United States mails. February 16, 1886. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

Other Title

  • Cited as: H. Rept. 49-534

Names

  • United States Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Post Roads
  • Burrows, Julius Caesar 1837-1915
  • Riggs, James Milton 1839-1933
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. House, author

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1886.

Headings

  • -  Government contractors
  • -  Legislative amendments
  • -  Mail steamers
  • -  Shipping
  • -  Merchant marine
  • -  Postal service
  • -  Public contracts
  • -  Regulations

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (20 pages). tables.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • 49-1:H.RP.534
  • Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 2436

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024806918

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. House. Committee On Post Office And Post Roads, Julius Caesar Burrows, James Milton Riggs, Publisher United States Government Publishing Office, and Author United States Congress. House. Obligation to carry the United States mails. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1886] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024806918/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. House. Committee On Post Office And Post Roads, Burrows, J. C., Riggs, J. M., United States Government Publishing Office, P. & United States Congress. House, A. (1886) Obligation to carry the United States mails. -- Referred to the House Calendar 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/2024806918/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. House. Committee On Post Office And Post Roads, et al. Obligation to carry the United States mails. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1886] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024806918/>.