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Book/Printed Material Alluvial basin of the Mississippi River. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Commission of Engineers appointed to investigate and report a permanent plan for the reclamation of the alluvial basin of the Mississippi River subject to inundation. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Mississippi Levees and ordered to be printed Cited as: H. Ex. Doc. 43-127

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Title

  • Alluvial basin of the Mississippi River. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Commission of Engineers appointed to investigate and report a permanent plan for the reclamation of the alluvial basin of the Mississippi River subject to inundation. January 25, 1875. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Mississippi Levees and ordered to be printed

Other Title

  • Cited as: H. Ex. Doc. 43-127

Names

  • United States Congress. House
  • Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885
  • Ulysses S. Grant originator
  • United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
  • United States. Congress. House, author
  • United States. President (1869-1877 : Grant)
  • United States. War Department
  • United States. War Department. Engineer Department

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1875.

Headings

  • -  Abbot, Henry L
  • -  Benyaurd, William Henry Harrison
  • -  Fauntleroy, Charles M
  • -  Hebert, Paul O
  • -  Sickles, Jackson E
  • -  Warren, Gouverneur Kemble
  • -  United States.--War Department.--Engineer Department
  • -  Civil engineering
  • -  Coastal engineering
  • -  Drainage
  • -  Erosion
  • -  Farms
  • -  Independent regulatiry commissions
  • -  Flood control
  • -  Alluvial plains
  • -  Floodplains
  • -  Floods
  • -  Hydrographic surveying
  • -  Lakes
  • -  Levees
  • -  Presidents
  • -  Rain and rainfall
  • -  Reclamation of land
  • -  Reservoirs
  • -  Bodies of water
  • -  Rivers
  • -  Water diversion
  • -  Water levels
  • -  Wetlands
  • -  Engineers
  • -  Cost
  • -  Arkansas River
  • -  Arkansas
  • -  Lake Borgne (La.)
  • -  Lake Pontchartrain (La.)
  • -  Louisiana
  • -  Mississippi River
  • -  Mississippi
  • -  Missouri
  • -  Red River

Genre

  • Government publication
  • Executive department publications
  • Names lists
  • Presidential communications and messages
  • Legislative materials

Medium

  • 1 online resource (160 pages). color maps, illustrations, tables.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF12
  • 43-2:H.EX.DOC.127
  • Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 1648

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024883779

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

United States Congress. House, Ulysses S Grant, Ulysses S. Grant Originator, Publisher United States Government Publishing Office, Author United States Congress. House, United States President, United States War Department, and United States War Department. Engineer Department. Alluvial basin of the Mississippi River. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Commission of Engineers appointed to investigate and report a permanent plan for the reclamation of the alluvial basin of the Mississippi River subject to inundation. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Mississippi Levees and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1875] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024883779/.

APA citation style:

United States Congress. House, Grant, U. S., Ulysses S. Grant Originator, United States Government Publishing Office, P., United States Congress. House, A., United States President [...] United States War Department. Engineer Department. (1875) Alluvial basin of the Mississippi River. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Commission of Engineers appointed to investigate and report a permanent plan for the reclamation of the alluvial basin of the Mississippi River subject to inundation. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Mississippi Levees 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/2024883779/.

MLA citation style:

United States Congress. House, et al. Alluvial basin of the Mississippi River. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Commission of Engineers appointed to investigate and report a permanent plan for the reclamation of the alluvial basin of the Mississippi River subject to inundation. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Mississippi Levees and ordered to be printed. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1875] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024883779/>.