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 1853-4, according to acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854.
United States. War Department.; Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878, editor.; Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887, editor.; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers, issuing body.
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Title 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 1853-4, according to acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854.
Corporate Author United States. War Department.
Published [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1855-1860]
Printed Washington : Beverly Tucker, printer, 1855-1860.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (13 volumes) : illustrations, folded maps (some color).
Note Also known as: Pacific railroad surveys.
Hyphenated date in title varies: Suppl. volume 1 and volume 12: 1853-5; volumes 7-11: 1853-6; volume 6: 1854-5.
Volumes 1-11 were issued in the Congressional series of U.S. public documents as 33d Congress, 2d session, Senate ex. doc. 78, and also as House ex. doc. 91.
Supplement to volume 1 (the material of which was published also in v. 12, book 1-2)--was issued in at least three forms: "Supplement to volume I" (1859, W.A. Harris, printer), as 35th Congress, 2d session. Senate ex. doc. 46; "Volume XII, Book I[-II]" (1860, T.H. Ford, printer), as 36th Congress, 1st session. House ex. doc. 56; and, "Volume XII, Book I[-II]" (1860, T.H. Ford, printer), as 36th Congress, 1st session. Senate ex. doc. [no number]. Cf. Checklist of United States public documents.
Prepared under the direct supervision of the Engineer Dept. Volumes dealing with the soil, climate, geology, botany and zoology of the regions surveyed were edited and revised by Prof. Henry and Baird, of the Smithsonian Institution. Cf. Ingersoll, Hist. of the War Department (1879), pages 292-293.
Includes index.
12 bibliographic volumes in 13 physical volumes.
Imprint information varies.
Reproduction of the original from the Bryn Mawr College Library.
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Added Author Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878, editor.
Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887, editor.
Added Corporate Author United States. Army. Corps of Engineers, issuing body.
Series Senate executive document (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 33rd Congress, 2nd session, no. 78.
Senate executive document (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 35th Congress, 2nd session, no. 46.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Maps and Travel Literature.
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v. 1. Report of the Sec. of War. Examination of the routes. Memoranda on railways. Report of Gen. Jesup
v. 1 suppl. Suppl. report by I.I. Stevens ... route near the 47th and 49th parallels
v. 2. Reports on routes near the 38th and 39th, 41st, and 32nd parallels. Report of a reconnaissance from Puget Sound
v. 3-4. Report of A.W. Whipple ... route near the 35th parallel
v. 5. Report of R.S. Williamson ... routes in California to connect with the routes near the 35th and 32nd parallels
v. 6. Report of Henry L. Abbot ... routes in Oregon and Calif.
v. 7. Report ... from San Francisco Bay to Los Angeles, Calif. ... and from the Pimas villages on the Gila to the Rio Grande. Conclusion of the official review of the reports
v. 8-10. Zoology (pts. 1-3)
v. 11. Letter of A.A. Humphreys. Memoir of G.K. Warren ... upon ... compiling the general map. Topographical maps, profiles and sketches
v. 12, bk. 1. pt. 1 and the appendices of the narrative and final report by Isaac I. Stevens ... route near the 47th and 49th parallels
v. 12, bk 2. Pts. 2 and 3 of the narrative and final report by Isaac I. Stevens ...

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