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Report of the secretary of war : communicating information in relation to the geology and topography of California.

Gale Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology and Medicine, 1780-1925 Available online

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Format:
Book
Government document
Author/Creator:
Tyson, Philip T. (Philip Thomas), 1799-1877.
Contributor:
Smith, Persifor Frazer, 1798-1858.
Riley, Bennett, 1787-1853.
Talbot, Theodore, 1825-1862.
Ord, Edward Otho Cresap, 1818-1883.
Frazer, John Fries, 1812-1872.
Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861.
Williamson, R. S. (Robert Stockton), 1824-1882.
Series:
Senate executive document (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 31st Congress, 1st session, no. 47.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I.
Ex. doc. / 31st Congress, 1st session. Senate ; no. 47
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Geology--California.
Geology.
Discoveries in geography--American.
Discoveries in geography.
California.
United States--Discovery and exploration.
United States.
Oregon--Description and travel.
Oregon.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (2 pts. in 1) : ill., maps.
Other Title:
Report of the secretary of war
Place of Publication:
Washington : [s.n.], 1850.
Notes:
Caption title.
Part II has title: Report of the secretary of war, in further compliance with the resolution of the Senate calling for copies of reports on the geology and topography of California.
Published also in Baltimore in 1851, with title: Geology and industrial resources of California ...
Includes reports by Gens. Smith and Riley, Lieuts. Talbot, Ord, Derby, and Williamson, and Prof. Frazer.
"April 3, 1850, ordered to lie on the table. May 6, 1850, ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 copies, in addition to the usual number, be printed for the use of the Senate, 1,000 of which for the use of P.T. Tyson."
(Part II) "June 11, 1850, referred to the Committee on Printing. June 24, 1850, ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate."
Reproduction of the original from the Library of Congress.
OCLC:
1111151342

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