LOCKS AND DAMS, MONONGAHELA RIVER [w/ nine maps and plans, many folding] Letter from the Acting Secretary of War with a letter from the Chief of Engineers
by Lamont, Daniel S. ; Thomas Lincoln Casey
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- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
Washington, DC: GPO. Very Good. 1900. First Edition. Removed Document. 65, 9 folding maps and plans pages; 53d Congress, 3d Session, Ex. Doc. No. 249. Transmitting The report of the Chief of Engineers on the subject of acquiring by purchase the locks and dams on the Monongahela River, Pennsylvania. Sixty-five pages of text and tables including 8 appendices; accompanied by 9 maps and plans (6 folding). Contributors: Daniel S. Lamont, Secretary of War; Thomas Lincoln Casey, Brigadier General, Chief of Engineers; Joseph K. McCammon, Attorney for the Monongahela Navigation Company; J. M. Schofield, Major General, Acting Secretary of War; S.V. Benet, Brig. Gen., Chief of Ordnance, and Acting Secretary of War; J.C. Duane, Brig. Gen., Chief of Engineers; Amos Stickney, Major of Engineers; M.K. Moorhead, President of Monongahela Navigation Company; and George Shiras, Jr and R. B. Carnahan, Attorneys for Monongahela Navigation Company. OCLC 30574791 Document removed from larger bound volume. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings. .
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- Bookseller
- Antiquarian Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42623
- Title
- LOCKS AND DAMS, MONONGAHELA RIVER [w/ nine maps and plans, many folding] Letter from the Acting Secretary of War with a letter from the Chief of Engineers
- Author
- Lamont, Daniel S. ; Thomas Lincoln Casey
- Format/Binding
- Removed Document
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- GPO
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Date Published
- 1900
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Monongahela River, Pennsylvania, Maps and Surveys of Monongahela River, Navigation
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana and American History; 19th Century; Antiquarian Books; Americana and American History / 19th Century;
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