Everglades of Florida

Material Information

Title:
Everglades of Florida Acts, Reports, and other Papers, State and National, Relating to the Everglades of the State of Florida and their Reclamation
Creator:
Reclaiming the Everglades
Place of Publication:
Washington (D.C.)
Publisher:
United States. Government Printing Office
Publication Date:
Language:
English
Physical Description:
208 p. : ill., plates, fold. maps. ; 24 cm.

Notes

Scope and Content:
1. Title page, back cover, and spine. 2. Table of Contents 3. Preparatory Note. 4. I. History of Drainage and Reclamation Work in the Everglades of Florida. 5. Notes to History of Drainage and Reclamation Work in the Everglades of Florida. 6. II. Treaty, Acts, Resolutions, Reports, and Papers Relating to the Everglades of Florida. 7. Report of Buckingham Smith, Esq., on His Reconnoissance of the Everglades 1848. 8. Act of Congress (1850) to Enable States to Reclaim "Swamp Lands." 9. Military Map of the Peninsula of Florida South of Tampa Bay...April 1856. [Overview and segments] 10. Memoir to Accompany A Military Map of the Everglades, Compiled by Lieut. J. C. Ives, United States Army, in 1856, by Order of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War. 11. Report by Dr. H. W. Wiley, of the Bureau of Chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture, in 1891, on the Muck Lands of the Florida Peninsula. 12. Message by Gov. W. S. Jennings to the legislature of Florida relative to reclamation of the Everglades (with charts), 1903 13. Patent to the Everglades, 1903 14. Status of swamp and overflowed lands patented to State to August 6, 1904 [and related documents.] 15. Official State Map of the Everglades, adopted 1905. 16. Message of Gov. N. R. Broward to the legislature of Florida relative to reclamation of Everglades, 1905. 17. Report of Florida joint legislative committee on drainage, 1907. 18. Amended State official map of Everglades, adopted 1907/ Ownership of the Everglades. 19. Statement showing the status of all swamp and overflowed lands patented to the State prior to January 1, 1909, under act of Congress of September 28, 1850. 20. Map of a portion of the State of Florida showing drainage district, Act of 1907. [Overview and segments]. 21. Report of the Special Joint Committee of the Florida Legislature for the Year 1909, on the Drainage of the Everglades. 22. Report on the drainage of the Everglades of Florida, by J. O. Wright, Supervising Drainage Engineer. 23. Instruction for surveying Everglades.1910, with map. / Related files 24. Message by Gov. A. W.... 25. Report of Florida joint legislative... 26. Index
General Note:
(Funding) Electronic format produced as part of Reclaiming the Everglades, a collaborative project of the University of Miami, Florida International University, and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, funded by the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Program.
General Note:
Electronic format produced as part of Reclaiming the Everglades, a collaborative project of the University of Miami, Florida International University, and the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, funded by the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Program.

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Source Institution:
Florida International University
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Resource Identifier:
000003970
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