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Show LETTER • FROM TilE SECRE1~AR Y OF WAR, TRAqSl\HTTlNO J1 communication jTom the .Colonel of tlte corps of Topograpltical Engineers, enclosing copies ~f the ·repo·rts of Lieutenant E·rno•ry, of portions of tlte ·repoTt of Capta?·n Cook, of lite 1·epoTt of Lieutenant .llbert, and of tlte joun~al kept by Captain Jolmston, in compliance W?.t!t a 1·esol·u.t·ion of tAe !louse of R epresentatives of t!te 17th Janua1·y, 1848. wAR DEPARTMENT, TVas!tington, F ebruary 9, 1848. S1n: In compl iance with a resolution of the H ouse of Representatives of the 17th ultimo, I have the honor to transmit herewith a communi.cation of the colonel of the corps of topographical engineers, enclosing copies of "the report and map of Lieutenant Emory, of the topographiC'al engineers, of the rvute of the army under General Kearny, from the Jvfi souri riYer to the Pacifie ocean, with such parts of the report of Captain Cook as related to his deviation from such route, and the reports and map of Lieut enant Abcrl, of the same corp:, of his examinations in the province of New IVfexico." I also transmit her::\vith a copy of the "journal of the expedition, kept by CaJ>tain Abraham H .. J ohnston." These, with the cl ocum e11 ts communicated on the 24. th 1lltim o, comprise all tho ·e required by the resolution above referred to. Very rc pectfully, your obcd i •nt servant, W. IJ. MARCY, Hon. RoBERT C. \VINTHROP, Secretar·y of War. Spealce1· of lite !louse of R~presentatives. • |