Executive Documents Printed by Order of the House of Representatives During the Fist Session of the Thirty-Third Congress: Report to the Secretary of War Communicating the Several Pacific Railroad Explorations. Ex. Doc No. 129. Vol. I: Examination by Captain A. A. Humphreys, Topographical Engineers, of the reports of the explorations to determine the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi river to the Pacific Ocean. II. Memoranda by Captain George B. McClellan, Corps of Engineers, upon some practical points connected with the construction and workings of railroads. III. Letter of Major General Jesup, Quartermaster General U.S.A., upon the cost of transporting troops and supplies to California, Oregon, New Mexico, &c. IV. Report of Governor I. I. Stevens upon the route near the 47th parallel.
Printed by A. O. P. Nicholson, 1854. Hardcover. 24, 43, 117. 4, xii, [2], 589, xv pp. Spine title: Executive Documents 1st Sess., 33r Congress, Vol. 18, PT.1 1853-54 Committee Room No. 13, Doc. No. 129, P'YT 1. Howes H-791 Very good copy in full leather covers, spine with 5-raised.....