A descriptive catalogue of the government publications of the United States, September 5, 1774-March 4, 1881 / compiled by order of Congress by Ben: Perley Poore.
Continued by: Ames' Comprehensive index to the publications of the United States government, 1881-1893 (2 vols., 1905), and by the Catalogue of public documents, 53d- Congress, 1893- issued by the Superintendent of Documents (the "Document catalogue").