Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean
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United States. War Department,
Contributors
Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878.
Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Physical Desc
12 volumes in 13 : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 30 x 24 cm
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English

Notes

General Note
Printer varies between House and Senate issues, and over time. For example, Beverley Tucker is printer of vol. 1 in Sentate issue.
General Note
See Wagner-Camp. Plains & the Rockies (1982, 4th ed.) for detailed information on pagination, collation and contents of the individual volumes.
General Note
Vols. I-XI were issued in the Congressional series of U.S. public documents as 33d Cong., 2nd sess. House ex. doc. 91, and also as Senate ex. doc. 78. Vol. XI was also issued (1861) as 36th Cong., 2nd sess. Senate ex. doc. [no number].
General Note
Supplement to vol. I was issued in at least three forms: Supplement to vol. I, 1859, W.A. Harris, printer, as 35th Cong., 2nd sess. Senate ex. doc. 46 [and] Vol. XII, book I-II, 1860: T.H. Ford, printer, as 36th Cong., 1st sess. House ex. doc. 56, and Senate ex. doc. [no number].
General Note
The reports of the Pacific railroad surveys were prepared under the direct supervision of the Engineer Department. The vols. 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, History of the War Department, 1879, p. 292-293.
General Note
"The Quarto Edition [of the Pacific Railroad Reports] began to appear in 1855, concluding in 1861 with Volume XII. Despite their flaws, these volumes contain a monumental collection of scientific information, geographical, zoological, botanical, geological, of the still mysterious American West. Upon first examination, the volumes seem forbiddingly disorganized; reports clearly were printed as they were received; there is no overall system or arrangement, nor are there general indices to the volumes, and, as Camp has pointed out, there is the usual duplication of printing and lithography by both houses of Congress"--Wagner-Camp
General Note
For further information concerning the publication of the work and a list of serial numbers assigned to the volumes in the Congressional series of documents, see Checklist of United States public documents, 1911, p. 1274-1275.
Citation/References
Wagner-Camp. Plains & the Rockies (4th ed.),,262-267
Citation/References
Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages,,1281

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

United States. War Department., Henry, J., & Baird, S. F. Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean .

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

United States. War Department, Joseph Henry and Spencer Fullerton Baird. Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad From the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. .

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

United States. War Department, Joseph Henry and Spencer Fullerton Baird. Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad From the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean .

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

United States. War Department,, Joseph Henry, and Spencer Fullerton Baird. Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad From the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean

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