CHECKLIST OF UNITED STATES PUBLIC DOCUMENTS 1789-1909 CONGRESSIONAL: TO CLOSE OF SIXTIETH CONGRESS 1503 PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION Information concerning the 1st and 2d editions of this Checklist is given in the introduction on page The period covered by the present 3d edition is, for Congressional documents, from the 1st Congress to the end of the 60th Congress, and for departmental publications, from the organization of the United States Government to the end of the calendar year 1909. A few publications which were not issued until 1910 or 1911 have been included, but these are all annual reports or serial publications covering the year 1909, entries for which were required in order to complete the record of Government publications from 1789 to 1909, inclusive. Attention is also called to the fact that information is given in footnotes concerning the classification and titles of all new series begun between Dec. 31, 1909, and the date of going to press; also concerning recent changes which affect series entered in the body of the Checklist. The compilation of this work has been in charge of Miss Mary A. Hartwell. An index will be issued as volume 2 of the Checklist. Advance sheets of this 3d edition of the Checklist should be discarded, as they are now entirely superseded. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, AUGUST DONATH, Washington, D. C., March 8, 1911. (III) XI Also the common abbreviations for the names of the States and of the months. EXPLANATIONS 320 .Treas. 120 .240 VS., v. When place and printer are not given, "Washington, Government Printing Office," is to be understood. When size is not given, octavo is to be understood. Size of maps is measured from outer edge of border, excluding margin. Serial and Congressional document numbers are added to entries for the corresponding bureau edition thus “[2309–269].” Asterisk (*) indicates that the publication is not in the Public Documents Library. (IV) Preface to 3d edition.. Abbreviations.... Explanations.. TABLE OF CONTENTS Catalogues and indexes issued by the Documents Office..... Early general indexes to Congressional documents and reports. 1-169 Appendixes.. 171-188 |