Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-Fourth Congress. Part IV: Illustrations Belonging to Reports Accompanying the Message
by United States 34th Congress, 1st Session, 1855-1856 (Senate)
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- Condition
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A. O. P. Nicholson, Printer, Washington, 1856. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to, hardcover, no dj. Brown cloth w/ gilt title lettering on front board reading "Maps and views to accompany message and documents, 1855-6" and blind-stamped "Senate Document". Vg condition. Board corners moderately bumped/rubbed through, tiny chips at spine ends; boards otherwise clean, gilt lettering bright, binding & hinges firm. Maps lightly & uniformly age-toned as expected, else clean & complete: very slight foxing to the first map only. Just 3 maps show a tear to one of the fold-lines (roughly 3 inches long), not affecting the integrity of the map as a whole at all. All state and territory maps present, including California, Oregon, and Washington Territory. Consists of 35 maps & sketches, most fold-out, as follows: Illustrations accompanying the Reports of: The Commissioner of the General Land Office (16): the Government Hospital for the Insane (1); the Bureau of Topographical Engineers (13); the Quartermaster General (1); the Report of Doctor E. K. Kane to the Secretary of the Navy (2); and the Report of the Board of Examiners of the Naval Academy (2).
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- Title
- Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-Fourth Congress. Part IV: Illustrations Belonging to Reports Accompanying the Message
- Author
- United States 34th Congress, 1st Session, 1855-1856 (Senate)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- A. O. P. Nicholson, Printer, Washington
- Date Published
- 1856
- Keywords
- 19th, American, Atlas, California, Cartography, Century, Coast, Documents, Government, Land, Maps, Oregon, States, Surveyors, Surveys, United, Us, Washington, West
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- Cartography;
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