(RAILROADS) Benton Thomas Hart Discourse on the Physical

Sale 2344 - Lot 220

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(RAILROADS.) Benton, Thomas Hart. Discourse . . . on the Physical Geography of the Country between Missouri and California. Caption title, under the heading "Maryland Institute--Western Geography." 16 pages. 8vo, disbound; minor foxing, partly unopened. [Baltimore, 1854]

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first edition. An early argument for a transcontinental railroad. "Senator Benton favored and encouraged John C. Fremont's vision of a central route across the Rockies"--Wagner-Camp 237:1. Howes B366 ("aa"); Sabin 4784. One copy known at auction since 1966 (Swann sale, 1 October 1987, lot 14).