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Research about chesapeake bay

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Library of Congress1926

Transportation lines of Chesapeake Bay serving the port of Baltimore MD

Shows steamship lines, ferries, and railroads. Also covers Delmarva Peninsula. Annotated in ink handwriting in lower margin: From Port Series No. 16--1926. Includes indexed "List of steamship lines". Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1904

Richard P. Blackistone. Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Richard P. Blackistone against the United States. March 8, 1904. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed

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Library of Congress1899

Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. [Operations of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, September 1862-May 1863 ; Series 1, Vol. 8]

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Library of Congress1881

Map showing the Southern Maryland Railroad and its connections : north, south, east, and west

Covers Maryland, eastern Virginia, Delmarva Peninsula, and southeastern Pennsylvania. Relief shown by hachures. Also shows shipping routes in Chesapeake Bay. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1881 by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress in Washington." Hand col. in red to show Southern Maryland R.R. and in blue to show connecting lines and shipping routes. LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined, rubber-stamped, annotated in pencil, missing sections at sheet corners. Includes text and statistical data. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 2 copies

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