ANNUAL REPORT OF BREVET LIEUT. COL. J.D. GRAHAM, MAJOR OF U.S. TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS, ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE HARBORS OF LAKES MICHIGAN, ST. CLAIR, ERIE, ONTARIO, AND CHAMPLAIN..
1859 · Washington
by Graham, James D.
Washington, 1859. 96pp. Large octavo. Gathered signatures, stitched. Titlepage lightly soiled, small dampstain to upper margin to about half of the text, else very good, untrimmed. This copy contains editorial corrections, evidently in the hand of the author. After considerable work on western surveys, J.D. Graham was put in charge of the survey of the Great Lakes, a post he held for the rest of his army career. This pamphlet covers work there and in the rest of the country, treating the conditions of thirty-four harbors and breakwaters in the Lakes in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, New York and Vermont, including numerous statistics (Inventory #: WRCAM48875)