LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, TRANSMITTING AN ESTIMATE FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR OF APPROPRIATION FOR A SURVEY OF ANACOSTIA RIVER, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
by House of Representatives
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1888. Survey of the Anacostia River. 50th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 97. January 19, 1888.--Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. 7 pp. Large fold-out map (30" x 20") showing Washington and Georgetown Harbors, and Proposed Improvement of James Creek Canal, and smaller fold-out drawings (20" x 13 1/2") showing James Creek Canal Cross Sections. Disbound government document. Creasing and chipping to spine edge, tanning to page edges, last page has chipping to edges, corners creased and edges are creased. Maps are browning along edges, otherwise creases and folds are crisp. Document in Good+ condition.. Paperbound. Good+. Illus. by Fold Out Map, Drawings. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Washington D.C..
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- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007082
- Title
- LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, TRANSMITTING AN ESTIMATE FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR OF APPROPRIATION FOR A SURVEY OF ANACOSTIA RIVER, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- Author
- House of Representatives
- Illustrator
- Fold Out Map, Drawings
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1888
- Keywords
- Washington DC, Anacostia River, Survey, Government Document
- Bookseller catalogs
- U.S. Government Document; U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9"
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About the Seller
Bee Creek Books
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Princeton, New Jersey
About Bee Creek Books
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- Spine
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- Crisp
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- Edges
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- Chipping
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- Good+
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