"In the midst of the great mantle of drift that overspreads the Upper Mississippi Basin there lies a drift-barren tract of about 10,000 square miles, the driftless area of Wisconsin and adjoining States. This island in the sea of drift is unique..." pp. 199-322. 6 plate maps, 5 are in color, some double-spread and one foldout. Numerous engravings. Disbound from The U.S. Geological Survey. Top page edge with black marking?- partially stamped? "Bound" in paper wraps with tissue guards at front and back. Very Good + condition. No tears. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Tho... View More...
From Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Vol. XXXIX. 1923-24. pp.347-438, including Bibliography. 29 tables, 19 illustrations, and a foldout map. ex-mus. stamp on front cover. Tears at top/base of spine, otherwise exterior is Very Good. Title page with ex-mus. stamp and numbers, otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. View More...
Communication from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers containing the final report of Capt. W. L. Marshall, Corps of Engineers, upon the location, plans, and estimates of the Illinois and Mississippi Canal in further compliance with certain provisions of the river and harbor acts of August 11, 1888. 51st Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 429. Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. June 28, 1890. 21 pp. Fold-Out of Itemized Cost for the construction of the canal. Disbound government document. Small tears on bottom ... View More...
Navigation of the Mississippi River. Report from War Department with information about making the Mississippi River more secure for rafts of logs and timber. 44th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 41. Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed, February 21, 1877. 67 pp. Disbound government document. Residue from book remains on spine. Some light chipping to page edges, and some browning, but text is easily legible. Document is clean and in VG condition. View More...
Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting, with a Letter from the Acting Chief of Engineers, Report of a Survey of Egyptian Levee. 54th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Document No. 223. January 28, 1897--Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed. 8 pp. Very large fold-out map. Disbound government document. Residue and string-tie from book remains on spine, with some small tears and holes from binding. Edges are creased and lightly browning, very light waterstain to top of pages 5-8. Map appears in VG condition, but there are some sma... View More...
Letter from Secretary of War Communicating The report of Brevet Major General J. H. Wilson on the survey and examination of the Illinois river. "His object in the survey was to obtain such specific and accurate data as to be enabled to form estimates for the improvement of the river, so that the largest boats of the Illinois and Michigan canal, and steamboats drawing four feet of water, could pass through the river to the Mississippi during the season of extreme low water." 42 pp. Famous Americans in the document: Edmund Schriver, Inspector General; and James Harrison Wilson, Lieut. Co... View More...
Performed in the year 1823, by order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under the command of Stephen H. Long, U.S.T.E. Compiled from the notes of Major Long, Messrs. Say, Keating, & Calhoun. Facsimilie reprint of the report in One Volume. Volume I: 458 pages. Volume II: 248 pages. Appendix with Vocabulary of Indian Languages. Red cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Light rubbing to corners, edges, and spine ends. Some small stains to page edges. Interior is tight and clean. Book in VG+ condition. View More...
An appropriation for the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Fort Snelling, and the granting of the right of way for a public highway through said reservation. 45th Congress, 2d Session. Ex. Doc. No. 73. Famous Americans submitting their report in this document: George Washington McCrary-Secretary of War; Samuel James Renwick McMillan, Jacob Henry Stewart, Joseph Washington McClurg-Chairman Special Committee; Gouverneur Kemble Warren-Major Engineers & C.; and Alfred Howe Terry-Brigadier General Commanding. 8 pp. Two large foldouts: Map of Mississippi River From Su... View More...
...Corps of Engineers, Upon the Results Obtained from the Surveys and Examinations of the Season of 1880, for the Establishment of Reservoirs at the Headwaters of the Mississippi River and the Sources of Certain Streams in Wisconsin and Minnesota, including Rock River, Wisconsin and Illinois. 46th Congress, 3d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 48. February 21, 1881.--Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. 66 pp. Three fold out maps. Residue from book remains along spine edge, spine creased. Last pages are starting to separate from rest of document, still intact. Document ... View More...
32d Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. 2o. January 21, 1852. Read, and ordered to be printed. January 22, 1852. Ordered that three thousand additional copies be printed, three hundred of which for the Topographical Bureau. 106 pp. Disbound government document. Residue from book spine, creasing to spine edge. Light browning to pages, some foxing spots. Fold-out map is browning, last map is also browning. Overall document in VG- condition. View More...
According to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854 and August 5, 1854. Senate. 33d Congress, 2nd Session, Ex. Doc. No. 78. Contents of Volume X: Parts III, IV--General report upon the zoology of the several Pacific Railroad routes. Zoological Portion of the reports, by Lieutenant E.G. Beckwith; Nos. 2-5 of Part IV of the report, by Lieutenant A.W. Whipple; Zoological portion of the report, by Lieutenant J.G. Parke; Part IV of the report, by Lieutenant R.S. Williamson; No. 4 of Part IV of the report, by Lieutenant Henry L. Abbot. Brown cloth binding worn.corners and some wear to cov... View More...
