Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey
Subtitle: made under the direction of the secretary of the Interior
By: by William H. Emory, major First Cavalry, and United States commissioner.
Contributors: Emory, William H. 1811-1887.; Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887.; Conrad, T. A. 1803-1877.; Englemann, George, 1809-1884.; Hall, James, 1811-1898.; Parry, Charles Christopher, 1823-1890.; Schott, Arthur, 1814-1875.; Torrey, John, 1796-1873.; Girard, Charles Frédéric, 1822-1895.
Series: 34th Cong., 1st sess. House ; Ex. doc. 135; Ex. doc. (United States. Congress (34th, 1st session). House) -- 34th Congress, 1st session, no. 135.
Publisher: C. Wendell, printer
Published: 1857
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Subjects: Geology -- Southwest, New.; Botany -- Southwest, New.; Zoology -- Southwest, New.; United States -- Boundaries -- Mexico.; Mexico -- Boundaries -- United States.; Rio Grande.; United States -- Discovery and exploration.
Notes: LIBRARY LACKS v.2, pt.2 ; V.2 pt.1 lacks Cactacea.
Table of contents: value: 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.; value: 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.; value: v.2, pt.1. Bontany of the boundary: Introduction by C. C. Parry.  Botany, By John Torrey.  Cactacea, by George Engelmann.; value: 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.