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REPORTS 



EXPLORATIOIS AND SURVEYS, 



ASCERTAIN THE MOST PRACTICABLE AND ECONOMICAL ROUTE FOR A RAILROAD 



MISSISSIPPI RIYER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAI. 



MADE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR, IN 



1853-5, 



ACCORDING TO ACTS OP CONGRESS OF MARCH 3, 1853, MAY 31, 1854, AND AUGUST 5, 1854. 



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