Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of the Interior. Volume 1, Parts 1 & 2. House of Representatives- 34th Congress, 1st Session, Ex. Doc. No. 135.

 Charles Girard; William H Emory; Spencer Fullerton Baird; T A Conrad; George Engelmann

Cornelius Wendell. Washington, D.C. 1857.

2 parts, bound as one. Publisher's black cloth. Rebacked, with new cloth spine. Hardcover. xvi, 258 pages, viii, 174 pages : illustrations (some color and some folded), maps, tables, plates ; 30 cm. Loss to the Falls of Rio Saldo plate margins. Scattered spotting, staining.  Inscribed by the Hon. Jacob Michael Kunkel (1822 - 1870, US Congressman, Maryland from Frederick. From the Coale-Sappington family of Libertytown, Maryland (Frederick). From the Coale-Sappington family of Libertytown, Maryland, by descent from J. M. Coale. Signed by James M. Coale.  James Coale (1805-1882) was a prominent attorney from Frederick County, MD who had been a Brigadier General in the 9th Brigade, Maryland Militia before the war. Coale was the President of C&O Canal and a member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1852-1862). Coale notably wrote letters to Abraham Lincoln protesting the imprisonment of members of the Maryland legislature during the Civil War. 

Contents:  V. 1, pt. 1. Personal account. General description of the country. Lower Rio Bravo. From mouth of Devil's River to El Paso del Norte. Sketch of territory acquired by treaty on Dec. 30, 1853. From the 111th meridian of longitude to the Pacific Ocean; Report of Lt. Michler. Astronomical and geodetic work. Meteorology.  v. 1, pt. 2. Geological reports of Dr. C.C. Parry and assistant Arthur Schott. Notes by W.H. Emory. Paleontology and geology of the boundary, by James Hall. Description of cretaceous and tertiary fossils, by T.A. Conrad. <br> Howes E146; Sabin 22538; Wagner-Camp 291.  

According to William Goetzmann, the Emory Report was perhaps the most comprehensive scientific description ever made of the land, town, and border area between Mexico and the United States. The narrative, scientific reports, and illustrations made Emory's production a overwhelming contribution of factual knowledge about the Southwest of the United States and the North of Mexico. <br>  34th Cong., 1st sess. House. Ex. doc., 135. 

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