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LETTER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.SITE FOR A NAVY YARD OR NAVAL STATION ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER

by Welles, Gideon

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  • Bookseller: R & A Petrilla, Booksellers US (US)
  • Seller Inventory #: BOOKS013357I
  • Format: Soft Cover
  • Book condition: Very Good
  • Quantity available: 1
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Publisher: U.S. Senate
  • Place: Washington
  • Date published: 1865

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Washington: U.S. Senate, 1865. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. First leaf slightly tanned. 28pp text; 23 folding sketch-maps (21 Mississippi River, 2 Ohio River), and 9 large, folding maps of locales on the rivers. Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy presents to Congress the report of a commission appointed to "select the most appropriate site for a navy or naval station on the Mississippi River or upon one of its tributaries." Sites discussed and mapped include: Arsenal Island, St. Louis, Evan's Landing, Mound City, Memphis, New Albany, Cincinnati, Louisville, etc. 8.75" x 5.75".


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