Controversy over transfer of the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the Navy, 1883-1900. [1957?]

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Controversy over transfer of the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the Navy, 1883-1900. [1957?]

Collection of congressional documents, letters, newspaper clippings, charts and other documents related to the transfer U.S. Coast of Geodetic Survey work to the Navy Dept. This 4-volume collection prepared in the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, ca. 1957.

4 v. : maps ; 28 cm.

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United States. Hydrographic Office

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U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

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