Map of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Rail Road, Designating Lands granted
by Act of Congress, to Aid in its Construction
$4,750 · Offered by James Arsenault & Company
Boston: From Office of George C. Rand & Avery, 3 Cornhill, ca. 1859 . Meisel Bros., Lith. Lithograph on two joined sheets, 22.5” x 71” plus margins, recently backed with mulberry paper. CONDITION: Good, repaired fissures and minor breaks, mainly in the margins; very presentable. A rare, early, and large map of the first railroad across Missouri, intended to promote the lands granted by the U.S.
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