Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: United States. War Department, United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Other Authors: Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878, Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Washington [D.C.] : B. Tucker, printer, 1855-1860.
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.
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Description
Item Description: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 volume 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.
Physical Description:12 volumes in 13 : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 30 cm.