Jun 23, 2022 - Sale 2610

Sale 2610 - Lot 116

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(MIDWESTERN TERRITORIES.) Joseph F. Moffette. The Territories of Kansas and Nebraska: Being an Account of Their Geography, Resources, and Settlements, Etc., Etc., Etc... Accompanied by Elaborate Maps. 2 hand-colored engraved folding maps, 84, 36 pages. 12mo format, publisher's gilt and blind stamped cloth boards; minor signs of age but overall very nicely preserved. New York: J.H. Colton, 1855

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"...there are very many beautiful and splendid locations for farms and claims still to be taken".

Uncommon early pocket guide promoting settlement in the expansive mid-nineteenth century "Kanzas" and Nebraska territories. Howes M716 (b).