Survey of the Northwestern Boundary of the United States, 1857-1861 (Classic Reprint)
Survey of the Northwestern Boundary of the United States, 1857-1861 (Classic Reprint)

Author: Marcus Baker

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-28

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 9781528017442

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Excerpt from Survey of the Northwestern Boundary of the United States, 1857-1861 Nothing further, in Official documents, appears for nine years. The civil war turned attention to more urgent matters and this subject was dropped. In February, 1868, however, President Johnson sent to the Senate a long communication on the San Juan boundary question. This document (senate Ex. Doc. No. 29, Fortieth Congress, second session) of 280 pages, though dealing chiefly with the water boundary, nevertheless throws considerable light on the history Of the land boundary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Joseph S. Harris and the U.S. Northwest Boundary Survey, 1857-1861
Joseph S. Harris and the U.S. Northwest Boundary Survey, 1857-1861

Author: Anne P. Streeter

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2012-05-08

Total Pages: 479

ISBN-13: 1466936231

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Precis of Joseph S. Harris In 1857, twenty-year old Joseph Harris joins the U.S. Northwest Boundary Commission whose assignment was to define the boundary between the United States and British Canada. As an astronomer and surveyor, he has been trained by the U.S. Coast Survey to use the new Zenith telescope and the new Talcott method of astronomical surveying. In over 200 letters to his family and in his Autobiography, he describes the task of surveying 410 miles along the 49th parallel from the Gulf of Georgia to the crest of the Rocky Mountains. In accomplishing this, Harris describes the political difficulties of working with a parallel British Commission, of the outbreak of the Pig War, and of working with local Native Americans. The Survey team astronomically surveys an unchartered wilderness crossing both the Cascade and Rocky Mountains With their recalcitrant mules, they not only negotiate steep mountains and cross dangerous rivers but they also cut a 20 foot swath through much of this wilderness, connecting 14 astronomical stations. After three years, the field work has to be rushed to a finish because Congress would approve no more appropriations now the Civil War had started. Since the Official Report was lost, this account stands as the only record of this important Survey.