Identifier: reportofnavalcom01unit (find matches)
Title: Report of the Naval committee to the House of representatives, August, 1850, in favor of the establishment of a line of mail steamships to the western coast of Africa, and thence via the Mediterranean to London;
Year: 1850 (1850s)
Authors: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Naval Affairs YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) DLC (from old catalog)
Subjects: Mail steamers African Americans
Publisher: Washington, Printed by Gideon and co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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