Report / Of / The Secretary Of The Interior /./ Information In Relation To The Opera- / .tions Of The Commission Appointed To Run And Mark The Boundary Between / The United States And Mexico

Ewing, T.

Published by no publisher; no place; 53+22 pp.; Wraps; VG+; nc/1850, 1850

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_____31st Congress, 1st session, Senate Executive Document #34, and with._____"Part II /./ Additional correspondence relative to the operations of the commission.". _____ Disbound, then mounted into plain, limp oilcloth covers. _____ "The report contains letters from John B. Weller, United States Commissioner; Andrew B. Gray, United States Surveyor; Major W.H. Emory; Lieutenant A.W. Whipple; and others concerned with the organization and beginning of the survey."--Wagner-Camp 189a. _____ Includes four maps, three of which are folded:. _____ 1) Gray, Andrew B; Topographical Sketch / of the / Southernmost Point of the Port of San Diego / and Measurement of the / Marine League / for Determining Initial Point of Boundary / Between the / United States and Mexican Republic; 18.75 x 24"; ._____Mis-folded with a 1" edge tear resulting. _____ 2) anon; Plan / of the Junction of the / Colorado and Gila / Rivers.; 8.75 x 5.75". _____ 3) anon; [untitled map also junction of the Colorado & Gila Rivers with minor amendations from #2]; 8.75 x 5.5", unfolded. _____ 4) Clayton, Henry; Map of a Survey / and / Reconnaissance of the Vicinity / of the / Mouth of the Rio Gila /./ Nov. 1849; 12 x 18"; Mis-folded with a 2" edge tear resulting. _____ For a fuller discussion of the early work of the Boundary Commission (and variants on these maps) see Wheat Vol 3, p.214 et.seq. _____ WorldCat (09/21) shows four holdings._____.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Report / Of / The Secretary Of The Interior /./ Information In Relation To The Opera- / .tions Of The Commission Appointed To Run And Mark The Boundary Between / The United States And Mexico
• Publisher: no publisher; no place; 53+22 pp.; Wraps; VG+; nc/1850
• Publication Date: 1850
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • .EPHEMERA
  • .Western Americana
  • .Maps