Dec 04, 2003 - Sale 1988

Sale 1988 - Lot 362

Price Realized: $ 4,370
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(PACIFIC RAILROAD.) Bound volume containing 12 works concerning a Railroad to the Pacific, including works by Wilkes, Whitney and Johnson and with a copy of the uncommon Chicago first printing of Halls' Speech in support of Wilkes. 8vo, early 1/4 morocco, worn; condition varies. Vp, vd

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Wilkes, George. Project of a National Railroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. New York, 1845. Howes W419 Ingalls, William; et. al. Rail Road and Telegraph to San Francisco. Np, nd Douglass, S. A. Atlantic & Pacific Rail Road. A Letter . . . to A. Whitney. Quincy, Illinois, 1845 Hall, William Moseley. Speech . . . in support of his resolutions, which passes unanimously in favor of a National R. Road to the Pacific. Chicago 1847. Howes H91 Trezevant, John T.; et al. Circular to the Citizens of the United States. Np, circa 1848 Memorial of Wm. Bayard and Company . . . Praying for a Charter for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to California. Washington, 1849 Rail Road to San Francisco. Np, nd Dearborn, W. L. Description of a Rail Road Route, from St. Louis to San Francisco. Boston, 1850 Whitney, Asa. A Project for a Railroad to the Pacific. 2 maps bound at the end of the volume. New York, 1849 Plumbe, John. Memorial against Mr. Asa Whitney's Railroad Scheme. [Washington, 1851] Benton, Thomas H. Letter . . . to the People of Missouri. [Washington, 1853] Johnson, Edwin F. Railroad to the Pacific. Folding profile, 8 plates, 2 folding maps. New York, 1854. Howes J133.