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001 rc 01000392
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008 820923s1845 nyubf 000 0 eng
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040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $an-us-or$an-us---$an-cn---
050 00 $aF880$b.W68
100 1 $aWilkes, George,$d1817-1885.
245 14 $aThe history of Oregon, geographical and political :$bembracing an analysis of the old Spanish claims, the British pretensions, the United States title ... : and a thorough examination of The project of a national railroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean ... /$cby George Wilkes.
260 $aNew York :$bW.H. Colyer,$c1845.
300 $a127 p., [1] folded leaf of plates :$b1 map ;$c24 cm.
500 $a"To which is added a journal of the events of the celebrated emigrating expedition of 1843 ... from Missouri to Astoria ... by a member of the recently organized Oregon Legislature : the whole concluding with an appendix containing the treaties, diplomatic correspondence, and negotiations between Spain, Russia, Great Britain, and the United States in relation to the north west coast."
500 $aLC copy has green paper wrapper bound at end.
510 4 $aChecklist Amer. imprints,$c45-6903
510 4 $aWagner-Camp (4th ed.),$c119:1
651 0 $aOregon$xHistory$yTo 1859.
650 0 $aPacific railroads$xEarly projects.
651 0 $aNorthern boundary of the United States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xBoundaries$zCanada.
651 0 $aCanada$xBoundaries$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$xTreaties.
700 12 $aWilkes, George,$d1817-1885.$tProposal for a national rail-road to the Pacific Ocean.