| Author | United States. Dept. of the Interior.
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| Title | Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey, made under the direction of the secretary of the Interior, by William H. Emory, major First Cavalry, and United States commissioner.
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| Published | Washington, C. Wendell, printer; A. O. P. Nicholson, printer 1857-1859.
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| Description | 2 v. front., illus., plates (part col.) maps (part fold.) 30 x 23 cm.
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| Series | 34th Cong., 1st sess. House. Ex. doc. 135
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| General Note | Each volume in case.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: v. 1, pt. 1. Personal account. General description of the country. Lower Rio Bravo. From mouth of Devil's river to El Paso del Norte. Sketch of territory acquired by treaty on Dec. 30, 1853. From the 111th meridian of longitude to the Pacific ocean; Report of Lient. Michler. Astronomical and geodetic work. Meteorology.--v. 1, pt. 2. Geological reports of Dr. C.C. Parry and assistant Arthur Schott. Notes by W. H. Emory. Paleontology and geology of the boundary, by James Hall, of Albany, N. Y. Description of cretaceous and tertiary fossils, by T. A. Conrad, esq.--v. 2, pt. 1. Bontany of the boundary: Introduction by C. C. Parry. Botany, By John Torrey. Cactacea, by George Engelmann.--v. 2, pt. 2. Zoology of the boundary: Mammals, by S. F. Baird. Birds, by S. F. Baird. Reptiles, by S. F. Baird. Fishes, by C. Girard.
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| Subjects | Mexico -- Boundaries -- United States.
United States -- Boundaries -- Mexico.
United States -- Exploring expeditions.
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| Other Authors | Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887.
Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887.
Conrad, Timothy Abbot, 1803-1887.
Englemann, George, 1809-1884.
Hall, James, 1811-1898.
Parry, Charles Christopher, 1823-1890.
Schott, Arthur, 1814-1875.
Torrey, John, 1796-1873.
Girard, Charles Frederic, 1822-1895.
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| | WRHS Research Library: F 57 JB U58
mq82129: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 48321] |
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