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Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey, made under the direction of the secretary of the Interior,
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Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey, made under the direction of the secretary of the Interior,

Author: William H EmorySpencer Fullerton BairdT A ConradGeorge EnglemannJames HallAll authors
Publisher: Washington, C. Wendell, printer, 1857-59.
Series: 34th Cong., 1st sess. House. Ex doc. 135
Edition/Format: Book : National government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Government publication, National government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: William H Emory; Spencer Fullerton Baird; T A Conrad; George Englemann; James Hall; C C Parry; Arthur Schott; John Torrey; Charles Girard; United States. Dept. of the Interior.
OCLC Number: 2338704
Description: 2 v. in 3. front., illus., plates (part col.) maps (part fold.) 30 x 23 cm.
Contents: v. 1, pt. 1. Personal account. General description of the country. Lower Rio Bravo. From mouth of Devil's river to El Paso del Norte. Sketch of territory acquired by treaty on Dec. 30, 1853. From the 111th meridian of longitude to the Pacific ocean; Report of Lient. Michler. Astronomical and geodetic work. Meteorology.--v. 1, pt. 2. Geological reports of Dr. C.C. Parry and assistant Arthur Schott. Notes by W.H. Emory. Paleontology and geology of the boundary, by James Hall, of Albany, N.Y. Description of cretaceous and tertiary fossils, by T.A. Conrad, esq.--v. 2, pt. 1. Bontany of the boundary: Introduction by C.C. Parry. Botany, By John Torrey. Cactacea, by George Engelmann.--v. 2, pt. 2. Zoology of the boundary: Mammals, by S.F. Baird. Birds, by S.F. Baird. Reptiles, by S.F. Baird. Fishes, by C. Girard.
Series Title: 34th Cong., 1st sess. House. Ex doc. 135
Responsibility: by William H. Emory, major First Cavalry, and United States commissioner.

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