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33d CoNncnress, } HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. | Ex. Doc. 
2d Session. 
REPORTS 
OF 
EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS, 
ASCERTAIN THE MOST PRACTICABLE AND ECONOMICAL ROUTE FOR A RAILROAD 
FROM THE 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE PACIFIC OCHAN. 
MADE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SECRETARY OV WAR, IN 
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1853-6, 
ACCORDING TO ACTS OF CONGRESS OF MARCH 3, 1853, MAY 31, 1854, AND AUGUST 4, 1854, 
VOLUME IX. oa 
WASHINGTON: 
A. 0. P. NICHOLSON, PRINTER. 
1858. 
