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Report of the Secretary of War communicating the several Pacific railroad explorations. In three volumes

Title
Report of the Secretary of War communicating the several Pacific railroad explorations. In three volumes. [electronic resource]
Published
Washington, DC, 1854
Physical Description
324 p. : tables.
Local Notes
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Notes
Appendix, Diary of the Expedition, follows p. 66.
Barometric and meteorological observations, with determinations of altitudes and data for profile of the line of survey from Westport to great Salt Lake City--1853, follows p. 103.
Meteorological observations at great Salt Lake City, 1853-'54, follows p. 88.
Publication contains discontinuous pagination. Pages listed in the Contents Note reflect printed page numbers within successive, separately paginated parts of the publication.
Report of exploration of a route for the Pacific Railroad, near the 38th and 39th parallels of latitude, from the mouth of the Kansas to Sevier River, in the Great Basin,by Lieut. E.G. Beckwith, begins on the 4th page.
Report of exploration of a route for the Pacific railroad, near the thirty-second parallel of latitude, from the Red River to the Rio Grande, by Brevet Captain John Pope, begins on the 4th page preceding p. 5.
Report of explorations for a railway route, near the thirty-fifth parallel of latitude, from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, by Lieut. A. W. Whipple, follows p. 136.
Report of explorations for the Pacific railroad, on the line of the forty-first parallel of north latitude, by Lt. E.G. Beckwith, follows p. 149.
Electronic reproduction. Chester, Vt.: NewsBank, inc., 2004. Available via the World Wide Web. Access restricted to Readex U.S. Congressional Serial Set subscribers.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
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August 16, 2012
Genre/Form
Executive Department Publications.
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