(WEST) Group of 5 extras and supplements to the Railroad Rec

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(WEST.) Group of 5 extras and supplements to the Railroad Record regarding the Southern Pacific Railroad. 36, 8, 8, 8, 8 pages. 4to, each rebacked neatly with paper; minimal wear. In modern custom cloth folding case. Cincinnati, OH, October 1855 to August 1856

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The 4 October 1856 Extra is devoted to "the great enterprise of the age, for our country at least, the Pacific Railroad." This line, distinct from the later Union Pacific and other similarly named lines, hoped to expand westward from Galveston, TX via the Texas Western Railroad to create a southern transcontinental route. The project is further considered and debated in shorter supplements and extras dated 19 November 1855, 28 April 1856, 19 May 1856, and 26 August 1856.