RAND McNALLY Co Map showing the 139403026 acres of the peop

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RAND, McNALLY & Co. Map showing the 139,403,026 acres of the people's land - equal to 871,268 Farms of 160 acres each . . . Given by Republican Congresses to Railroad Corporations. Lithographed map on a political broadside, 590x420 mm sheet size, with map filling about half of the sheet. Chicago, 1884

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Highly unusual map showing the Congressional land grants to Railroad Companies given in exchange for construction of westward leading rail lines. The map was produced by Rand, McNally & Co. on order of the Democratic Party during the acrimonious 1884 U. S. Presidential election period. A western and political classic in an amazing state of preservation. Ristow, page 477.