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Report on the commercial relations of the U. S. with all foreign nations, 1856-57, '60, '62, '64-68, '71-74, '76-91. 32 vols. Wash., 1856-92. 4° and 8°.

The seal of the U. S., how it was developed and adopted. Wash., 1892. 8°.

Special consular reports. 6 vols. Wash., 1890-92. 8°.

Contents: Cotton textiles in foreign countries.— Files in Spanish America. - Carpet manufacture in foreign countries.--Malt and beer in Spanish America. -Fruit culture in foreign countries. 2. Refrigerators and food preservation in foreign countries.-European emigration.--Olive culture in the Alpes-Maritimes.— Beet-sugar industry and flax cultivation in foreign countries. 3. Streets and highways in foreign countries. 4. Port regulations in foreign countries. Canals and irrigation in foreign countries. 6. Coal and coal consumption in Spanish America.-Gas in foreign countries.-India rubber.

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Technical education in Europe; pt. 1, Industrial education in France, by J. Schoenhof. Wash., 1888. 8°.

Trade and transportation between the U. S. and Spanish America; by Wm. Eleroy Curtis. Wash., 1889. 8°.

Trade guilds of Europe; reports from the consuls of the U. S. Wash., 1885. 8°.

Treaties and conventions concluded between the U. S. and other powers since July 4, 1776. Wash., 1871. 8°.

Same. Rev. ed. containing notes, etc. [comp. by J. C. B. Davis]. Wash., 1873. 8°.

Same. [1776-1887]; [by John H. Haswell]. Wash., 1889. 8°.

Treaties and conventions concluded between the U. S. and other powers since May 1, 1870 [comp. by J. L. Cadwalader]. Wash., 1876. 8°.

Bureau of the American Republics. Bulletin; 1-42. 42 vols. [Wash., 1891-92.] 8°.

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Contents: 1-2. Handbook of the Amer. republics. 3. Patent and trade-mark laws of America. 4. Money, weights and measures of the Amer. republics. 5. Import duties of Mexico. 6. Foreign commerce of the Amer. republics and colonies. 7. Brazil. 8. Import duties of Brazil. 9. Mexico. 10. Import duties of Cuba and Puerto Rico. 11. Import duties of Costa Rica. 12. Import duties of Santo Domingo. 13. Commercial directory of Brazil. 14. Commercial directory of Venezuela. 15. Commercial directory of Colombia. Commercial directory of Peru. 17. Commercial directory of Chile. 18. Commercial directory of Mexico. 19. Commercial directory of Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay. 20. Import duties of Nicaragua. 21. Import duties of Mexico; cor. to Oct. 1, 1891. 22. Import duties of Bolivia. 23. Import duties of Salvador. 24. Import duties of Honduras. 25. Import duties of Ecuador. 26. Commercial directory of the Argentine Republic. 27. Import duties of Colombia. 28. Commercial directory of Central America. 29. Commercial

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directory of Haiti and Santo Domingo. 30. 1st annual report, 1891. 31. Costa Rica. 32. Handbook of Guatemala. 33. Handbook of Colombia. 34. Handbook of Venezuela. 35. Breadstuffs in Latin America. 36. Import duties of Venezuela. 37. Import duties of the British possessions. 38. Commercial directory of Cuba and Puerto Rico. 39. Commercial directory of British, Danish, Dutch and French colonies. 40. Mines and mining laws of Latin America. 41. Commercial information. 42. Newspaper directory of Latin America. 43. Import duties of Guatemala.

Civil Service Commission. Ist-8th annual reports. 8 vols. Wash., 1884-91. 8°. Schedule of examinations for 1892.

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Fishery Commission. Documents and proceedings of the Halifax Commission, 1877. 3 vols. Wash., 1878. 8°.

Supreme Court. Case decided in Feb. 1793, whether a state be liable to be sued by a private citizen of another state. Boston, 1793. 8°.

Complete indexed digest of reports, 1789-1886; also indexed citations of all cases digested and biographical sketches of the justices. 2 vols. Rochester, 1887. 8°.

Decision as to the immunity of the public debt of the U. S. from taxation. N. Y., n. d. 8°.

Proceedings in the case of the U. S. vs. Wm. Pitt Kellogg. Wash., 1884. 8°.

Treasury Department. Communication from the Secretary transmitting the report of Israel D. Andrews, on the trade and commerce of the British North American colonies. With maps. 2 vols. Wash., 1853. 8°. Comparison of weights and measures of length and capacity, by F. R. Hassler. Wash., 1832. 8°.

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Reports of the Secretary; prefixed, the reports of Alex. Hamilton on public credit, etc., 1790-1836. vols. 1-3. 3 vols. Wash., 1828-37. 8°.

Report of the Secretary [Alex. Hamilton], 1795; containing a plan for the further support of public credit. n. p., 1795. 8°.

Report of the Secretary, Alex. Hamilton, on the subject of a national bank. N. Y., 1811. 8°.

Report on the principal fisheries of the American seas, prep. by L. Sabine. Wash., 1853. 8°.

Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Report of G. B. McCartee, chief. Wash., 1870. 8°.

Bureau of Navigation. Annual reports of the Commissioner, 1886-87, '90. 3 vols. Wash., 1886-90. 8°.

Note: For earlier reports, see Treasury Dept., Bureau of Statistics, and Register.

17th annual list of merchant vessels of the U. S., also signals of vessels. Wash., 1885. 4°.

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Bureau of Statistics. Annual report on the commerce and navigation of the U. S.; 1866-73, '84-86. 13 vols. Wash., 1867-87. 8°. Note: For earlier reports, see below, Register. Cost of labor and subsistence in the U. S. for 1869, as compared with previous years; by Ed. Young. Wash., 1870. 8°.

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Statistical abstract of the U. S.; 2d-9th nos., 1880-87. 7 vols. Wash., 188087. 8°.

Coast and Geodetic Survey. Directory for the Pacific Coast of the U. S., by George Davidson. n. p., n. d. 4°.

Documents relating to the construction of uniform standards of weights and measures for the U. S., 1832-35; by F. R. Hassler. N. Y., 1836. 8°.

King plats of the city of Washington, D. C., 1803. [Wash., 1884.] elephant fol.

Principal documents rel. to the survey of the coast [and the construction of uniform standards of weights and measures, 1835-36]; by F. R. Hassler. 3 vols. N. Y., 1834-36. 8°.

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Reports of the superintendent, 1848, '51-65, '69, '72-90. 37 vols. Wash., 1849-91. 8° and 4°.

Standard mean right-ascensions of circumpolar and time stars [by B. A. Gould, Jr.]. Wash., 1862. 4°.

Tide tables for the Atlantic coast of the U. S. 2 vols. Wash. [1881-82]. 12°. Commissioner of Mining Statistics. Reports upon the mineral resources of the U. S., by J. R. Browne and J. W. Taylor. Wash., 1867. 8°.

[2d] Report of J. R. Browne on the mineral resources of the states and territories west of the Rocky Mts. Wash., 1868. 8°. Statistics of mines and mining in the states and territories west of the Rocky Mts.; [1st, 2d and] 7th annual reports of R. W. Raymond. 3 vols. Wash., 1869-75. 8°. Comptroller of the Currency. Annual reports, 1864-68, '70, '71, '76, '78-92. 26 vols. Wash., 1864-92. 8°.

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Life-Saving Service. Annual reports for 1876-90. 14 vols. Wash., 1876-92. 8°. Light-House Board. List of beacons, buoys, etc., in the 3d light-house district. Wash., 1857. 8°.

List of light-houses, lighted beacons and floating lights of the U. S. Wash., 1857. 8°.

Same. Wash., 1860. 8°. The modern light-house service; by A. B. Johnson. Wash., 1889. 8°.

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National Currency Bureau. 1st division. Report, by S. M. Clark. n. p., 1864. 8°.

Office of Internal Revenue. Collection of circulars and specials issued by the office to 1871. Wash., 1871. 8°.

Report of the Commissioner on the operations of the internal revenue system, 1865-71. 7 vols. Wash., 1865-71. 8°.

Register. Account of the receipts and expenditures of the U. S. for 1841. Wash., 1843. 8°.

Annual report on commerce and navigation, 1845, '49-52, '55, '57, '60, '61, '64, '65. II vols. Wash., 1845-66. 8°.

Note: For later reports, see above, Bur. of Statistics, and Com. of Navigation.

Revenue Commission. Revenue system of the U. S.; letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting the report of a com

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[1st-4th] Reports, for 1866-69. 4 vols. [Wash., 1867-70.] 8°.

Supervising Architect. Annual reports, 1870-71. 2 vols. Wash., 1870-71. 8°.

Supervising Inspector - General of Steam Vessels. Annual report, 1886-88. 3 vols. Wash., 1886-88. 8°.

- Supervising Inspectors of SteamVessels. General rules and regulations. Wash., 1888. 8°.

Proceedings of the 23d, 35th and 36th annual meetings. 3 vols. Wash., 187588. 8°.

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Report on safety-valve tests made at the Navy Yard, Washington, Sept. 1875. Wash., 1877. 8°.

Treasurer. Annual reports, 1869, '74. 2 vols. Wash., 1869-74. 8°.

United States Allotment Commissioners for the State of New York. U. S. allotment system; report [by] Theo. Roosevelt [and others]. N. Y., 1862. 8°.

United States Centennial Commission. International Exhibition, 1876. See Philadelphia. Centennial Exhibition, 1876.

United States Exploring Expeditions. See Lynch, W. F.-Perry, M. C.-Wilkes, C. War Department. Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana in 1852, by R. B. Marcy and G. B. McClellan. Wash., 1854. 8°.

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ginia and Maryland, under command of G. B. McClellan, July 26, 1861 - Nov. 7, 1862. Wash., 1864. 8°.

Official correspondence with the Dept. See Izard, George.

Report of a military reconnaissance in Alaska made in 1883, by Fred. Schwatka. Wash., 1885., 8°.

Report of the Secretary, 1865, '69. 2 vols. Wash., 1865-69. 8°.

Report of the Secretary on the several Pacific Railroad explorations. With maps. 3 vols. Wash., 1855. 8° and 4o.

Report on the Battle of Murfreesboro', Tenn.; by W. S. Rosecrans. Wash., 1863. 8°.

Reports of explorations and surveys for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean; 1853-55. 12 vols. Wash., 1855-60. 4°.

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Same. Wash., 1863. 8°.

War of the rebellion; a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies; prep. under direction of the Secretary, by Robert N. Scott [and others]. Series 1, vols. 1–79. 79 vols. Wash., 1880-92. 8°. Atlas, fol.

Adjutant-General. Army register, 1848, '49, '60-62, '67-74. 13 vols. Wash., 1848-74. 8°.

Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. Reports of the commissioner. 3 vols. [Wash., 1866-68.] 8°.

Supt. of Schools. Ist 6th semiannual reports on schools for freedmen. 6 vols. Wash., 1866–68. 8°.

- Bureau of Topographical Engineers. See below, Engineer Dept.

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Engineer Department. Essay concerning important physical features exhibited in the valley of the Minnesota River, and upon their signification; by G. K. Warren. Wash., 1874. 8°.

Exploration of the valley of the Great Salt Lake. See Stansbury, Howard. Explorations in the Dacota country, in 1855, by G. K. Warren. Wash., 1856. 8°.

Fortifications of today. Fire against models of coast batteries and parados; horizontal and curved fire in defense of coasts. Wash., 1883. 4°.

Geological report of the elevated country between the Missouri and Red rivers. See Featherstonhaugh, G. W.

Geological report on the Black Hills [Dakota], by N. H. Winchell. Wash., 1875. 4°.

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Contents: 5. Mason, Jas. L. Analytical investigation of the resistance of piles to superincumbent pressure, deduced from the force of driving, etc. 6. Totten, Jos. G. Report on the effects of firing with heavy ordnance from casemate embrasures, etc. 7. Woodbury, D. P. Treatise on the various elements of stability in the well-proportioned arch. 8. Gillmore, Q. A. Official report of the siege and reduction of Fort Pulaski, Georgia. 13. Humphreys, A. A.. and Abbot, H. L. Report upon the physics and hydraulics of the Mississippi River and upon the deepening of the mouths. 15. Williamson, R. S. Use of the barometer on surveys and reconnaissances;.- App. Practical tables in meteorology and hypsometry. 18. U. S. Geol. Exploration of the 40th Parallel. 6 vols. For contents, see below, Geol. Explor, of 40th Parallel. 20. Barnard, J. G. Report on the defences of Washington. 21. Supp. [Barnard, J. G.] Report on the fabrication of iron for defensive purposes and modern fortifications. 22. Barnard, J. G. Report on the North Sea canal of Holland, and on the improvement of navigation from Rotterdam to the sea. 23. Abbot, H. L. Report upon experiments and investigations to develop a system of submarine mines for defending the harbors of the U. S. 24. Comstock, C. B. Report upon the primary triangulation of the U. S. lake survey. 25. Tower, Z. B. Report upon the practice in Europe with the heavy Armstrong, Woolwich and Krupp rifled guns.

Reclamations of the alluvial basin of the Mississippi River; reports upon specimens obtained from borings made in 1874, etc., by E. W. Hilgard and F. V. Hopkins. Wash., 1878. 8°.

Report intended to illustrate a map of the hydrographical basin of the Upper Mississippi River, made by I. N. Nicollet. Wash., 1843. 8°.

Report of an examination of the Upper Columbia River, and the territory in its vicinity; by T. W. Symons, 1881. Wash., 1882. 1. 8°.

Reports of the Chief of Engineers, 1878-91. 51 vols. Wash., 1878-91. 8°. Note: Annual reports upon the Geog. surveys west of the 100th meridian form appendixes to the reports for 1874, '76-80.

Analytical and topical index to the Reports of the Chief, etc., upon works and surveys for river and harbor improvement. Vol. 2, 1880-87, comp. under direction of H. M. Robert, by L. Y. and H. B. Schermerhorn. Wash., 1889. 8°.

Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mts. in 1842, and to Oregon

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and north California in 1843-44; by J. C. Fremont. Wash., 1845. 8°. Atlas, 8°.

Report on an exploration of the country lying between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mts., on the line of the Kansas and Great Platte rivers; by J. C. Fremont. Wash., 1843. 8°.

Report on the International Exhibition of Electricity held at Paris, 1881; [by] David Porter Heap. Wash., 1884. 8°. Report on the compressive strength, specific gravity and ratio of absorption of various kinds of building-stone from different sections of the U. S., tested at Ft. Tompkins; by Q. A. Gillmore. Wash., 1874. 8°.

Report upon the blasting operations at Lime Point, California, 1868-69; by G. H. Mendell. Wash., ISSO. 8°.

Report upon the Colorado river of the West, explored in 1857-58, by Joseph C. Ives. Wash., 1861. 4°.

Studies on coast defence applied to the gulf of Spezia, by C. Guarasci; tr. by G. McC. Derby. Wash., 1884. 8°.

Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian. Annual report upon surveys in California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming and Montana, by Geo. M. Wheeler; being app. FF of the report for 1874. Wash., 1874. 8°.

Same; being app. JJ of report for 1876. Topographical atlas sheets. 2 vols. Wash., 1876. 8°.

Same; being app. NN of report for 1877. Topographical atlas sheets. 2 vols. Wash., 1877. 8°.

Same; being app. NN of report for 1878. Topographical atlas sheets. 2 vols. Wash., 1878. 8°.

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Same; being app. OO of report for 1879. Topographical atlas sheets. 2 vols. Wash., 1879. 8°.

Same; being app. PP of report

for 1880. Wash., 1880. 8°.

Progress-report in 1872, by G. M. Wheeler. Wash., 1874. 4°.

- Report upon U. S. geographical surveys west of 100th meridian, in charge of George M. Wheeler. vols. 1-7 and Supp. 8 vols. Wash., 1889, 75-85. 4o, and i topographic and I geologic atlas, fol.

Contents: 1. Geographical report: [Areas occupied, Great interior basin, Altitudes and distances Yosemite Valley, Itinerary of Colorado Grand Cañon, etc. App. Memoir upon voyages, discoveries, etc., to west coast of N. America and interior of U. S. west of the Mississippi. 1500-1880; by G. K. Warren.]

2. Astronomy and barometric hypsometry; {pt. 1: Reports upon the astronomical determinations at main stations in Nevada, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado and New Mexico, 1872-74; by F. Kampf, J. H. Clark, Wm. W. Maryatt and T. H. Saf

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ford;- pt. 2: Results in barometric hypsometry, 187175; reported by Wm. L. Marshall.]

3. Geology: [Reports upon the geology of portions of California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, 1871-73: by G. K. Gilbert, A. R. Marvine, E. E Howell, J. J. Stevenson, Oscar Loew.]-Supplement: [Report upon geol. examinations in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico, 1878-79; with app. upon Carboniferous invertebrate fossils of New Mexico, prep. by C. A. White.]

4. Paleontology: [Report upon the invertebrate fossils collected in portions of Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, 1871-74; by C. A. White. Report upon the extinct vertebrata obtained in New Mexico, 1874; by E. D. Cope.]

5. Zoology: [Reports upon the zoological collections obtained from portions of Nevada, Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, 1871-74; by H. C. Yarrow, H. W. Henshaw, E. D. Cope, and others.]

6. Botany: [Reports upon the botanical collections made 1871-75 by J. T. Rothrock, Sereno Watson, George Engelmann, and others.]

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7. Archæology: [Reports upon archæological and ethnological collections from the vicinity of Santa Barbara, Cal., and from ruined pueblos of Arizona and New Mexico, and certain interior tribes; by F. W. Putnam, assisted by C. C. Abbott, S. S. Haldeman, H. C. Yarrow, H. W. Henshaw and Lucien Carr; with appendix of Indian vocabularies, rev. and prep. by Albert S. Gatschet.]

Systematic catalogue of vertebrata of the eocene of New Mexico collected in 1874, by E. D. Cope. Wash., 1875. 8°. Tables of geographic positions, azimuths, distances, etc.; prep. principally by M. M. Macomb. Wash., 1883. 4°.

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Geological Exploration of the 40th Parallel. Clarence King, geologist-in-charge. Report. vols. 1, 2, 4-7. 6 vols. Wash., 1871So. 4°. Atlas, fol.

Note: Forming no. 18 of the Professional papers of the Engineer Dept.

Contents: 1. King, C. Systematic geology. 2. Hague, Arnold, and Emmons. S. F. Descriptive geology. 4. Meek, F. B. Palæontology. - Hall. Jas., and Whitfield. R. P. Palæontology. Ridgway. Robert. Ornithology. 5. Watson, S., aided by D. C. Eaton and others. Botany. 6. Zirkel, Ferd. Microscopical petrography. 7. Marsh, O. C. Odontornithes; a monograph on the extinct toothed birds of N. America.

Library. Alphabetical catalogue of the War Dept. library, including law library. Wash., 1882. 1. 8°.

Alphabetical list of additions, 188491. Wash., 1891. 1. 8°.

Medical Department. See below, Surgeon-General.

Military Academy of West Point. See below, United States Military Academy.

Military Commmission to Europe in 1855-56. Report of Alfred Mordecai; [also, Rifled infantry arms, by J. Schön]. Wash., 1861. 4°.

Report of the Secretary of War, communicating the report of Geo. B. McClellan [upon operations in the Crimea]. Wash., 1857. 4°.

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Report on the art of war in Europe in 1854-56, by Richard Delafield. Wash., 1860. 4°.

Ordnance Department. Annual reports of the Chief for 1873-90. 18 vols. Wash., 1873-90. 8°.

Report of Board on Gatling guns of large caliber for flank-defense. Wash., 1874. 4°. (Ordnance memoranda, no. 17.) Report of the Ordnance select committee on systems of rifling for small arms. Camb., 1863. 8°.

Provost Marshal General. Statistics, medical and anthropological, derived from records of the examination for military service in the armies of the U. S. during the late war of the Rebellion, of over a million recruits, etc.; comp. by J. H. Baxter. 2 vols. Wash., 1875. 4°.

Quartermaster General. Rolls of honor; Names of soldiers who died in defence of the American Union, interred in national cemeteries; nos. 1-27. Wash., 1865-72. 8°.

Note: No. 2 has the title, Names of officers and soldiers found on the battlefields of the Wilderness and of Spottsylvania Court House, Va. No. 3. The martyrs who, for our country, gave up their lives in the prison pens in Andersonville, Ga. No. 14. Names of soldiers who in defence of the Amer. Union, suffered martyrdom in the prison pens throughout the South. Alphabetical index to places of interment as specified in Rolls of honor, nos. 1-13. Wash., 1868. 8°.

Sketch of the organization of the quartermaster's department, 1774-1868 [by H. A. Royce]. Wash., 1869. 8°.

Statement of the disposition of some of the bodies of deceased Union soldiers, whose remains have been removed to national cemeteries in the southern and western states. 4 vols. Wash., 1868-69. 8°. Signal Office. Annual report of the chief signal officer for 1879-81, '83–87. 9 vols. Wash., 1880-87. 8°.

Professional papers, no. 2, — Isothermal lines of the U. S., 1871-80; by A. W. Greely. Wash., 1881.

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Report on the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska. Wash., 1885. 4°.

Report on the proceedings of the U. S. Expedition to Lady Franklin Bay, Grinnell Land; by A. W. Greely. 2 vols. Wash., 1888. 4°.

Signal service notes; nos. 12, 13, 17, 18. 4 vols. Wash., 1884-85. 8°.

Contents: 12. Finley, J. P. Special characteristics of tornadoes. 13. Curtis, G. E. Relation between northers and magnetic disturbances of Havana, Cuba. 17. Morrill. P. 1st report upon observations of atmospheric electricity at Baltimore, Md. 18. McAdie, Alex. The aurora in its relation to meteorology.

Surgeon General. Annual reports, 1865, '69. 2 vols. [Wash., 1865-69.] 8°.

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