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1881. 46pp. Printed wrappers, a near fine specimen. Copy of the general first mortgage for the Northern Pacific Railroad, for the purpose of constructing a railroad and telegraph line between Lake Superior and Puget Sound.
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NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. GENERAL FIRST MORTGAG
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THE OVERLAND ROUTE TO THE ROAD OF A THOUSAND WONDERS: THE ROUTE OF THE UNION PACIFIC & THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC FROM OMAHA TO SAN FRANCISCO. A JOURNEY OF EIGHTEEN HUNDRED MILES WHERE ONCE THE BISON & THE INDIAN REIGNED
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[N.p.]: Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Passenger Departments, 1908. 72pp. including color illustrations and maps. Quarto. Plain wrappers. Spine partially chipped away, lower corner on rear cover chipped. Quite clean internally. Very good. Describes in words and pictures the routes of the Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific Railroad from Omaha, Nebraska through Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada, to Oakland, California. The color illustrations throughout are most unusual in a publication this early
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LETTER FROM THE ACTING SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR...RELATIVE TO THE LANDS GRANTED TO THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
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[Washington, 1886. 23pp. Gathered signatures, stitched. Very good. Outlines all the grants to the line.
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NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD. THE CHARTER AND AMENDMENTS. THE GENERAL MORTGAGE ON RAILROAD AND LAND GRANT, AND COPY OF FIRST MORTGAGE BON
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[Philadelphi, 1870. 2-29,[4]pp. Self-wrappers, stitched. Front wrapper detached, slight toning. Very good. The articles of incorporation of the famed northwest railroad that would later help build the fortune of railroad magnate James J. Hill. Built too quickly, the Northern Pacific traversed poor land and ran on ill- constructed rails. By 1896, the success of James J. Hill's Great Northern allowed Hill and his associated to buy the Northern Pacific and merge it with the Great Northern. Throughout the remaining industrial revolution and into the early 20th century, the Great Northern was the main transporter of lumber, coal, and taconite loads from their sources to St. Paul and Minneapolis, where they would continue east or be shipped by barge down the Mississippi
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SPECIAL REPORT OF A RECONNOISSANCE OF THE ROUTE FOR THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD BETWEEN LAKE SUPERIOR AND PUGET SOUND, VIA THE COLUMBIA RIVER, MADE IN 1869...
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Philadelphia, 1869. 51pp. Dbd. Marginal stain, titlepage soiled and chipped, else very good. Report of the expedition made by W. Milnor Roberts, Civil Engineer, under the direction of Messrs. Jay Cooke & Co., a Philadelphia banking firm. The narrative describes the route, topography, etc.
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NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. UNITED STATES AND STATE LEGISLATION. 1884
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[Washington, 1884. 34pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine chipped, else very good. Reprints the original charter, the grant of land by Congress, with amendments, followed by consent of the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Oregon.
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THE LAW WHICH DETERMINES THE RIGHTS OF THE NORTHERN PACIFIC R. R. CO. TO ITS LAND GRANT. OPINION OF GEO. GRAY, ESQU., GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE COMPANY...
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New York, 1882. 8pp. Original printed self-wrappers. Very good. Further dialogue regarding extension of the time period for the Congressional land grant to the NPRR.
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UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, TRANSMITTING TO THE SENATE COPIES OF PAPERS RELATING TO THE SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE SECOND REGIMENT OF INFANTRY FROM ST. LOUIS TO SAN FRANCISCO, VIA DENVER, IN JULY, 1877
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Washington, 1878. [2],35pp. Modern half morocco and marbled boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Very good. Detailed correspondence relating to a controversy stemming from the rates charged by the Union Pacific for transporting the Second Infantry to the west coast. The troops were destined to suppress an Indian outbreak in Oregon
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REPORT TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY FOR THE YEAR 1883
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New York, 1884.. 27pp. plus large folding map. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers a bit soiled and worn, front wrapper wrinkled with small closed tears, titlepage soiled. Still very good. Annual stockholder's report for the famous western railway. With detailed financial statement and other statistics relative to western lands, etc. Total surplus earnings for 1883 topped $12,700,000. The handsome and quite large folding map of the United States (west of the Mississippi) shows the Union Pacific Route and its connections.
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SAINT PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND MANITOBA RAILWAY COMPANY AND NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. GENERAL CONTRACT [wrapper title]
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[Np, 1882. 15pp. Original printed wrappers. Some soiling, else very good.
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NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD MEMORIAL OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, NOVEMBER..
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Hartford, 1867. 11pp. Self-wrappers. Binding residue along spine edge, lightly chipped, else very good. This memorial was directed at the Senate and the House of Representatives requesting government aid for continuing construction. This copy is signed by Thomas Canfield, one of the directors of the line.
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TRAFFIC CONTRACT. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. AND THE SAINT PAUL MINNEAPOLIS AND MANITOBA RAILWAY COMPANY. DATED, 1ST. AUGUST, 1879
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[Chicago, 1881. 30pp. Original printed wrappers. Couple of chips at spine. Very good. The contract was drawn up between the two companies to settle differences regarding rates and new road construction.
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THE LAW WHICH DETERMINES THE RIGHTS OF THE NORTHERN PACIFIC R. R. CO. TO ITS LAND GRANT. OPINION OF GEO. GRAY, ESQU., GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE COMPANY..
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New York, 1882. 8pp. Original printed self-wrappers. Very good. Further dialogue regarding extension of the time period for the Congressional land grant to the NPRR
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SUPREME COURT OF MONTANA. JANUARY TERM, 1886 [caption title]
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[Np, 1886. 4pp. Dbd. Considerable chipping at blank margins, old fold, printed on brittle paper. Reports the case of the NPRR vs. Lilly, in which the latter refused to allow the NPRR to cross a tract of land in accordance with the Congressional land grant of 1864. The court found in favor of the NPRR.
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NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD. THE WONDERLAND ROUTE TO THE PACIFIC COAST. 1885
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St. Paul, Mn, 1885. 64pp., with in-text illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers, extracted from larger volume. Very good. An attractive 1885 promotional publication by the Northern Pacific Railroad, providing detailed descriptions and numerous illustrations of attractions to be taken advantage of along their routes from Minneapolis and Saint Paul to Seattle, and thence to Alaska. Includes a map, illustrations, and descriptions of Yellowstone
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PRAIRIEDOM: RAMBLES AND SCRAMBLES IN TEXAS OR NEW ESTREMADURA. By a Suthron
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New York, 1845. [2],vi,[2],[11]-166pp. plus folding map. 12mo. Late 19th-century three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Slight wear at hinges and extremities. Bookplate on front pastedown, institutional blindstamp on titlepage. Small, closed tear in right border of the map, not affecting the image. Internally quite clean. Very good. An account of Page's travels, undertaken in the spring of 1839, from the Sabine via Nacogdoches, Houston and Bastrop to San Antonio, returning to Houston by way of Texana and Goliad. "[This account] brings back to us now in a charming fashion the Texas of 1839" - Streeter. The map shows Mexico and the Southwest, with an inset of Texas. Dr. Page was a graduate of Harvard Medical School. HOWES P9, "aa." STREETER TEXAS 1604 (note). RAINES, p.167. RADER 2568 (1st ed). CLARK III:221. SABIN 93969. GRAFF 3159.
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PRAIRIEDOM: RAMBLES AND SCRAMBLES IN TEXAS OR NEW ESTRÉMADURA. BY A SUTHRON. WITH A MAP
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New York, 1846. [4],vi,[11]-166pp. including map. Later three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Bookplate on front pastedown. Ink stamps on front and rear endpapers. Light foxing on early leaves. Overall very good. Second edition, after the first of the year before. An account of Page's travels, undertaken in the spring of 1839, from the Sabine via Nacogdoches, Houston and Bastrop to San Antonio, returning to Houston by way of Texana and Goliad. "[This account] brings back to us now in a charming fashion the Texas of 1839" - Streeter. Dr. Page was a graduate of Harvard Medical School. The engraved map, which shows eastern Texas only, is different from the map in the first edition, which shows Mexico, with an inset of Texas. HOWES P9, "aa." STREETER TEXAS 1604 (note). RAINES, p.167. RADER 2568 (1st ed). CLARK III:221. SABIN 93969.
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PRAIRIEDOM: RAMBLES AND SCRAMBLES IN TEXAS OR NEW ESTRÃMADURA. BY A SUTHRON. WITH A MAP
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New York, 1846. [4],vi,[11]-166pp. including map. Later three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Bookplate on front pastedown. Ink stamps on front and rear endpapers. Light foxing on early leaves. Overall very good. Second edition, after the first of the year before. An account of Page's travels, undertaken in the spring of 1839, from the Sabine via Nacogdoches, Houston and Bastrop to San Antonio, returning to Houston by way of Texana and Goliad. "[This account] brings back to us now in a charming fashion the Texas of 1839" - Streeter. Dr. Page was a graduate of Harvard Medical School. The engraved map, which shows eastern Texas only, is different from the map in the first edition, which shows Mexico, with an inset of Texas. HOWES P9, "aa." STREETER TEXAS 1604 (note). RAINES, p.167. RADER 2568 (1st ed). CLARK III:221. SABIN 93969.
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[THREE MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS, ALL ON A SINGLE SHEET OF PAPER, RELATING TO PAY FOR NATHANIEL SNOW AND HIS MILITIA DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, SIGNED BY ROBERT TREAT PAINE AND MAJ. GEN. HORATIO GATES]
by Paine, Robert Treat: Gates, Horatio
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Raynham, Ma, 1779.. [2]pp. manuscript on a folio sheet. Lightly silked. Paper darkened and stained. Writing on verso a bit faint. Good. In a half morocco and cloth folding box, spine gilt. An interesting group of documents relating to the Revolutionary War service of Capt. Nathaniel Snow's militia, signed by Robert Treat Paine (a signer of the Declaration of Independence) and by Revolutionary War Major General Horatio Gates. The verso of the sheet contains "A Pay Abstract of Capt. Nath'l. Snow's Company of Militia," listing the names and ranks of the fifty-eight men in the militia, their time served, and the pay due them. It is attested to by Snow and dated March 15, 1779 at Raynham, Massachusetts. At the top of the recto of the sheet is an attestation that the information on the recto "is just and true." This attestation, also dated March 15, 1779, is signed by Robert Treat Paine as justice of the peace. Below the attestation on the recto is a letter dated at Providence on May 31, 1779, instructing…
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A LETTER FROM M. CONDORCET, A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION, TO A MAGISTRATE IN SWISSERLAND, RESPECTING THE MASSACRE OF THE SWISS GUARDS ON THE 10th OF AUGUST, &c. WITH A LETTER FROM THOMAS PAINE, TO THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE, ON HIS ELECTION TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION. TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN ABSTRACT OF THAT SYSTEM OF DESPOTISM, WHICH HAS BEEN OVERTURNED BY THE FRENCH...
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New York, 1793.. 29pp. Dbd. Tanned, some scattered foxing, else very good. "Thomas Paine was now world famous as a liberal and considered most knowledgeable in the new republican form of government...his defense of the French Revolution so endeared him to the French people that he had been elected by four French provinces to represent them in the National Convention" - Gimbel. Paine's first remarks to the Convention, in the form of a thank-you to his electors, are reprinted herein. EVANS 25327. GIMBEL 75 (ref).
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