Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th of October, 1837, in relation to the protection of the western frontier of the United States ..

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Notes: Caption title.; "January 3, 1838. Read and ordered to be printed."; J.R. Poinsett, Secretary.; Two folded maps inserted at end: [1.] "Map illustrating the plan of the defences of the western & north-western frontier, as proposed by the Hon. J.R. Poinsett ... in his report of Dec. 30, 1837. Compiled in the U.S. Topographical Bureau under the direction of Col. J.J. Abert ... by W. Hood"; [2.] "Map illustrating the plan of the defences of the western & north-western frontier, as proposed by Charles Gratiot, in his report of Oct. 31, 1837. Compiled in the U.S. Topographical Bureau under the direction of Col. J.J. Abert ... by W. Hood".

Author: United States War Department; Poinsett, Joel Roberts 1779-1851; Gratiot, Charles 1786-1855; Abert, John James 1788-1863
ill: Hood, Washington