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LETTER 



TROM 



THE SECRETARY OF WAR, 



TRANSMITTING 



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communication from the Colonel of the corps of Topographical 



Engineers^ enclosing copies of the reports of Lieutenant Emory^of 



portions of the report of Captain Cooky of the report of Lieut en- 



. ^ ant Mert^ and of the journal kept hy Captain Johnston^ in com- 



• pliance with a resolution of the. House of Represeiitatives of the 



nth January^ 1848, " 



Wash 



War Department, 



Sir: In compliance \\\\\\ a resolution of the House of Represen- 

 . tatives of the 17th ultimoj I have the honor .to transmit herewith a 

 communication of the colonel of the corps of topographical engi- 

 neeri^j enclosing copies of '^ the report and map of Liexjtenant 

 Emory, of the topographical engineers; of the route of the army 

 under General Kearny, from .the Missouri river to the Pacific 

 ■ ocean, with such parts of the report ot Captain Cook as related 

 to his deviation from such rente, and the reports and map of Lieu- 

 tenant Ahert, of the same corps, of his examinations in the pro- 

 vince of New Mexico." 



^^ journal of the e:jpedition, kept by Captain Abraham'R. John- 

 ston.'' 



These, with the documents communicated on the 24th ultimo. 



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I also transmit herewith a copy of the 



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omprise all those required by- the resolution above re 

 Very respectfully,- your obedient servant, 



W, L. MAR 



eferred to. 



C. WiNTHROP, 



rf the House of 



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