Autograph Letter Signed, to his father Peter Poythress Mayo, detailing his rescue and suffering on the disastrous U.S. Darien Exploring Expedition across Panama

by Darien Exploring Expedition, George U. Mayo

$4,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

Signed

2pp., single 4to sheet. With: Carte-de-visite photograph of Mayo, signed and inscribed to his sister on verso. Folds, minor separations. Item #369733 Seeking a low-level train or canal route to bridge the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, in late 1853 President Franklin Pierce ordered a U.S. Naval exploring expedition to participate in an international attempt affiliated with a venture by the Atlantic and Pacific Junction Company. Although ships

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