Name: Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-[6] . Vol. 9

Barcode: 13952

Image Number: 13952

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/13952.0001

Alternative Title: Pacific Railroad Surveys -- Mammals Plate XXIX

Brief Description: 11 volumes: plates (part colored, part folded) maps (part folded)

Bound Atlas: No

Publishing Location: Washington D.C.

Notes: Volume 9. Vols. I-XI were issued in the Congressional series of U.S. public documents as 33d Cong., 2d sess. House ex. doc. 91, and also as Senate ex. doc. 78. Vol. XI was issued also (1861) as 36th Cong., 2d sess. Senate ex. doc. [no number] The reports of the Pacific railroad surveys were prepared under the direct supervision of the Engineer department. The volumes dealing with the soil, climate, geology, botany and zoology of the regions surveyed were edited and revised by Professors Henry and Baird, of the Smithsonian institution. cf. Ingersoll, Hist. of the War department, 1879. J.H. Richards del.

Author: Metzeroth, RobertUnited States. War Department

Date Published: 1855

Language: English

Physical Description: Plates are not arranged in numerical order.

See Also: Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-[6] . Vol. 2Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-[6] . Vol. 4Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-[6] . Vol. 3Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-[6] . Vol. 5Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-[6] . Vol. 7Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-[6] . Vol. 9

LC Call Number: F593 .U58 1855

OCLC: 39314047

Accession Number: SM-1855-12.9

Donor: Smith

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