Dec 04, 2003 - Sale 1988

Sale 1988 - Lot 360

Price Realized: $ 126
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(PACIFIC RAILROAD.) Group of 7 government documents relating to Whitney's route to the Pacific, including 2 Memorials by Whitney petitioning Congress for a grant of land for the route, a report by Bresse advocating the route, and 4 resolutions by various state governments supporting Whitney. Two containing folding maps. Each 8vo, disbound. Washington, 1846-48

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The memorials by Whitney are dated 24 February 1846 and 17 January 1848. Includes 29th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Docs. 161 and 466; 30th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Docs. 4, 5, 18, 28 and House Doc. 17. The Breese report contains only one folding map.