LETTER FROM COL. BENTON TO THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI. Central National Highway from the Mississippi River to the Pacific. Caption title

by Benton, Thomas Hart

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Washington: March 4, 1853 . 25.5 cm. 24 pp. Sewn, as issued. Senator Benton refers to the Fremont's winter trip of 1848-9 and reprints the Fremont letter to the Philadelphia Railroad Convention of April, 1850. Benton also includes a statement made to him by Antoine Leroux concerning the latter's early years in New Mexico --Wagner-Camp 221. Howes B 368. Graff 270. Sabin 4186. Item #68401

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