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Book/Printed Material In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nye, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs having, by resolution of the Senate passed December 16, 1868, been "directed to inquire into the practicability, expediency and probable cost of deepening the entrance to the harbor of Midway Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, so as to afford a safe rendezvous and port of refuge and resort for the naval and merchant vessels of the United States," beg leave to report Cited as: S. Rept. 40-194

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  • In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nye, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs having, by resolution of the Senate passed December 16, 1868, been "directed to inquire into the practicability, expediency and probable cost of deepening the entrance to the harbor of Midway Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, so as to afford a safe rendezvous and port of refuge and resort for the naval and merchant vessels of the United States," beg leave to report

Other Title

  • Cited as: S. Rept. 40-194

Names

  • United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Naval Affairs
  • Nye, James Warren 1815-1876
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. Senate, author

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1869.

Headings

  • -  Discoveries in geography
  • -  Discovery and exploration
  • -  Dredging
  • -  Ecology
  • -  Geology
  • -  Harbors
  • -  Hydrographic surveying
  • -  Islands
  • -  Navigation
  • -  Territories and possessions
  • -  Cost

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (18 pages). tables.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • 40-3:S.RP.194
  • Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 1362

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024880561

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  • pdf
  • online text

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United States Congress. Senate. Committee On Naval Affairs, James Warren Nye, Publisher United States Government Publishing Office, and Author United States Congress. Senate. In the Senate of the United States . -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nye, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs having, by resolution of the Senate passed December 16, 1868, been "directed to inquire into the practicability, expediency and probable cost of deepening the entrance to the harbor of Midway Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, so as to afford a safe rendezvous and port of refuge and resort for the naval and merchant vessels of the United States," beg leave to report. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1869] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024880561/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate. Committee On Naval Affairs, Nye, J. W., United States Government Publishing Office, P. & United States Congress. Senate, A. (1869) In the Senate of the United States . -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nye, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs having, by resolution of the Senate passed December 16, 1868, been "directed to inquire into the practicability, expediency and probable cost of deepening the entrance to the harbor of Midway Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, so as to afford a safe rendezvous and port of refuge and resort for the naval and merchant vessels of the United States," beg leave to report. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024880561/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. Senate. Committee On Naval Affairs, et al. In the Senate of the United States . -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nye, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs having, by resolution of the Senate passed December 16, 1868, been "directed to inquire into the practicability, expediency and probable cost of deepening the entrance to the harbor of Midway Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, so as to afford a safe rendezvous and port of refuge and resort for the naval and merchant vessels of the United States," beg leave to report. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1869] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024880561/>.