Name/Title
"PACIFIC RAILROAD SURVEYS, LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR TRANSMITTING REPORTS OR SURVEYS &C., OF RAILROAD ROUTES TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN," FEBREntry/Object ID
2004.50.1.1Description
"PACIFIC RAILROAD SURVEYS, LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR TRANSMITTING REPORTS OR SURVEYS &C., OF RAILROAD ROUTES TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN," FEBR
Color: Black; White
"Pacific Railroad Surveys, Letter from the Secretary of War Transmitting Reports of Surveys, &c., of Railroad Routes to the Pacific Ocean," H. Doc. 46, 33d Congress, 1st Session, February 6, 1854. The 118-page document consists of the report presented to the House of Representatives by Secretary Jefferson Davis. It contains an introductory letter from Davis; reports from May-December 1853 concerning "the northernmost route"; reports from June-October 1853 for the 38th parallel route; reports from July-November 1853 for the 35th parallel route (running near Los Angeles); reports from July-November 1853 of "the several partial routes on the Pacific side"; and a report of December 1853 concerning the 32nd parallel route near San Diego. Material relating to southern California is to be found in the latter two sections. With creases on the back, page browning, minor foxing, pencil inscriptions by bookdealers, stains on the front and back, though light, and some spine tears from being disbound, the overall condition of the artifact is good.Lexicon
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Three-dimensional, Reports, United States. Department of War, Railroads--Surveying