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Report of the Joint Committee of 1860 upon the proposed canal to unite Barnstable and Buzzard's bays :under the resolve of April 4, 1860, and subsequent resolves and votes of the legislature.

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GUSN

GUSN-288678

Description

165 p. : ill., folded charts, maps ; 23 cm.

Details

Originator

Massachusetts. General Court. Joint Committee on Ship Canal to Connect Barnstable Bay and Buzzard's Bay.

Contents

Appendix: Table of shipwrecks occurring around Cape Cod from 1843 to 1850. -- Correspondence and receipts. -- Letter of General Washington. -- Report of the United States commissioners. -- Mr. Mitchell's reports on tides, etc. -- Letter from Gen. Totten. -- Engineer's report and estimates.

Publication

Boston : Wright & Potter

Publisher Series

Public document ; no. 41

Description

165 p. : ill., folded charts, maps ; 23 cm.

Notes

Gift of Nina Heald Webber (copies 1 and 2).

Call Number

Stacks TC625.C2 A5 1864 c.1
Stacks TC625.C2 A5 1864 c.2

Places

Cape Cod Canal (Mass.)
Barnstable Bay (Mass.)
Buzzards Bay (Mass.)

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