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Letters received by the Topographical Bureau of the War Department, 1824-1865
Title:
Letters received by the Topographical Bureau of the War Department, 1824-1865
Publication Information:
Washington, [D.C.] : National Archives, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1963.
Physical Description:
86 reels : maps ; 35 mm.
Series:
National Archives microfilm publications ; Microcopy no. 506
General Note:
"The letters and enclosures here reproduced ... relate to a wide range of subjects: fortifications; river and harbor improvements; canal and railroad routes; international, State, Territorial, and Indian reservation boundaries; surveys of the coast and the Great Lakes; the construction of lighthouses; engineering operations in the District of Columbia; explorations in the West; and the assignment of the Bureau's personnel."--introduction.
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