(RAILROADS) Gallatin Albert Report of the Secretary of the T

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(RAILROADS.) Gallatin, Albert. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the Subject of Public Roads and Canals. 8vo, disbound; title page detached and toned, final blank page soiled; early signature on title page. Washington, 1808

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first edition of what has been called "the first discussion of the railroad problem in America" (Cullen, The Progress of Transportation by Rail). B.H. Latrobe's four-page note touts the bright future of railroads, which might "offer the means of accomplishing distant lines of communication which might otherwise remain impracticable, even to our national resources, for centuries to come." Howes G27.