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Serial set 760 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 direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-4, according to acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. Volume III. 1
Serial set 761 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 direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-4, according to acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. Volume IV. 1
SERIAL SET 762 Report of explorations in California for railroad routes : to connect with the routes near the 35th and 32d parallels of North latitude...1853 / 1
Serial set 762 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 direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-4, according to acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. Volume V. 1
SERIAL SET 763 Report of Lieut. Henry L. Abbot... upon explorations for a railroad route : from the Sacramento Valley to the Columbia River, made by Lieut. R.S. Williamson..., assisted by Lieut. Henry L. Abbot... / 1
Serial set 763 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 direction of the Secretary of War, in 1854-5, according to acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. Volume VI. 1
SERIAL SET 764 Report of explorations for railroad routes from San Francisco Bay to Los Angeles, California, west of the coast range : and from the Pimas Villages on the Gila to the Rio Grande, near the 32d parallel of north latitude / 1
Serial set 764 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 direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-6, according to acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. Volume VII. 1
SERIAL SET 765 Mammals / 1
Serial set 765 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 direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-6, according to acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. Volume VIII. 1
SERIAL SET 766 Birds / 1
Serial set 766 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 direction to the Secretary of War, in 1853-6, according to acts of Congress of March 8, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. Volume IX. 1
SERIAL SET 767 Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. 1
Serial set 767 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 direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-6, according to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. Volume X. 1
SERIAL SET 768 Memoir to accompany the map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean : giving a brief account of each of the exploring expeditions since A.D. 1800, with a detailed description of the method adopted in compiling the general map / 1
Serial set 768 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 direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-6. According to acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. Volume XI. 1
Serial set 769 Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the government of the United States. Compiled from the original notes and journals of Commodore Perry and his officers at his request, and under his supervision. By Francis L. Hawks, D.D. L.L.D. With numerous illustrations. 1
Serial set 770 Narrative [of] the Expedition of an American Squadron [to] the China Seas and Japan, performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, [by] order of the government of the United States. Volume II -- with illustrations. 1
Serial set 771 United States Japan Expedition. Observations on the zodiacal light, from April 2, 1853, to April 22, 1855, made chiefly on board the United States steam-frigate Mississippi, during her late cruise in eastern seas, and her voyage homeward: with conclusions from the data thus obtained; by Rev. George Jones, A.M., Chaplain United States Navy. Volume III. 1
Serial set 772 Petition of James Thomson and others, practical licensed engineers, engaged in steamboat navigation on the Mississippi and its tributaries, praying an appropriation to test Miller's steam-condenser. February 12, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan respecting slavery. February 5, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed
Memorial of George P. Marsh, of Vermont, asking an appropriation for the compensation of his services as minister resident to the Ottoman Porte, under the act of August 11, 1848, imposing judicial duties on the minister, and of his services under a special mission to the government of Greece. January 10, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, in relation to the allowance of pensions and bounty land, to the officers, soldiers, and sailors, who served in the last war with Great Britain. December 21, 1854. Read, and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of Job Sidney Swift, praying the establishment of a polytechnic department in the Smithsonian Institution. December 26, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Senate, showing the payments made from the contingent fund of the Senate for the year ending December 3, 1854. January 2, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Thirty-third Congress. December 14, 1854.
Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, against the introduction or importation of foreign paupers or criminals into the United States. February 21, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and printed.
In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following statistical tables. (To accompany Bill H.R. 353.)
In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill S. 659.) Letter from Jos. G. Totten, Brevet Brigadier General and Colonel of Engineers, with estimates for continuing the operations at the fort at Fort Point, and for continuing the operations on the defensive works at Alcatraz in the State of California...
Proceedings of the national convention of the soldiers of the War of 1812, held at the Four-and-a-half Street Presbyterian Church, in the City of Washington, on the 8th of January, 1855. February 20, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, in favor of the establishment of a uniform and cheap rate of postage. December 21, 1854. -- Read, and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, in favor of the establishment of a Navy-yard in Narragansett Bay. December 21, 1864. -- Read, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Senate, showing the names and compensation of persons employed in his office during the year 1854. January 3, 1855. -- Ordered to printed.
Memorial of the committee of a convention, held in Richmond, Va., December 5, 1854. To memorialize Congress on the subject of refunding to railroad companies all the duties paid on iron since March 4, 1851, and to reduce the duties on all railroad iron hereafter to be imported. January 17, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Memorial of Aaron Haight Palmer, praying compensation for services, in collecting valuable information and statistics in relation to the geography, productive resources, trade, commerce, &c., of the independent Oriental nations. January 18, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. February 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Corporation of Georgetown, relative to the long bridge over the Potomac River. February 12, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, against any alteration of the naturalization laws. February 10, 1855. -- Read and ordered to be printed; motion to print 500 additional copies referred to the Committee on Printing. February 12, 1855. -- Report against printing, and report agreed to.
Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of the construction of a railroad from the states bordering on the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. February 17, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, praying the establishment of a mail route from Portage City to La Crosse. March 1, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Walker submitted the following letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office. (To accompany Bill H.R. 742.)...
Memorial of the Board of Trustees of Public Schools, of Washington City, D.C., praying the donation of city lots for educational purposes; or that a portion of the proceeds of sales of lots heretofore made may be invested for that purpose. February 28, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, communicating the ninth annual report of the Board of Regents of that Institution. March 1, 1855. -- Read and ordered to be printed -- motion to print 10,000 additional copies referred to Committee on Printing. March 2, 1855. -- Ordered that 10,000 additional copies be printed, 2,500 of which be for the use of the Smithsonian Institution. 		23