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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04963.12.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| 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 Secretary of War, in 1853-5…Vol 1 |
| Date | 1860 |
| Document Type | Book |
| Content Description | Title continues "according to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854." First of two volumes. Volume includes part one and the appendices of Washington Territory Governor Isaac I. Stevens' report on the route near the 47th and 49th parallels. Executive document no. 56. Large folio volume with modern leather binding. Inscription on contents page reads "Property of Geo. T. Monk." |
| Subjects | Westward Expansion Frontiers and Exploration Railroad Surveying Transportation Congress American West Government and Civics Geography and Natural History |
| People | Henry, Joseph (1797-1878) Baird, Spencer Fullerton (1823-1887) United States. Army. Corps of Engineers Stevens, Isaac Ingalls (1818-1862) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Science, Technology, Invention; Industry |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | The reports of the Pacific Railroad surveys were prepared under the direct supervision of the Engineer Department. The volumes dealing with the soil, climate, geology, botany and zoology of the regions surveyed were edited and revised by Professors Henry and Baird, of the Smithsonian Institution. cf. Ingersoll, Hist. of the War Department. 1879, p. 292-293. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Related documents | 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 Secretary of War, in 1853-5…Vol 2 |