Dec 04, 2003 - Sale 1988

Sale 1988 - Lot 353

Price Realized: $ 1,495
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
WITH AN EARLY PRINTING OF MORSE CODE (RAILROADS.) Howard, William. Report on the Charleston and Hamburg Rail-Road. Engraved folding map showing the proposed route of the railroad from Charleston to Augusta. 8vo, disbound; map detached, minor foxing. Charleston, 1829
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When completed in 1833, the Charleston and Hamburg Railroad was the longest in the world. This report by Howard details the geography of the region and proposes possible methods of wood construction. OCLC locates only 4 copies, and only 1 with the folding map. Thomson 356.