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Title: Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting Reports of Surveys, &c, of Railroad Routes to the Pacific Ocean. Author: Davis, Jefferson Place: [Washington, D.C.] Publisher: Date: 1854 Description: 118 pp. (8vo) stitched but removed from binding. First Edition. Ho. of Reps. Ex Doc. No. 46. Consists largely of letters & reports of Isaac I. Stevens, Governor of Washington Territory, who was in charge of the expedition, written at various points westward into Washington. The Senate issue included several maps not present in the House issue. Cowan, p. 513. Lot Amendments Condition: Evidence of prior bindings, light wear and foxing; very good. Item number: 277906