9 Real Photo postcards of Panama including 2 of President-to-be Taft

by Panama Canal

$200 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

9 vols. Fine. Item #375175 Through the 1903 separation of Panama from Colombia and the Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty, the United States had secured rights to build a canal in the Isthmus of Panama. Legislation authorizing construction did not specify which government department would be responsible, and Roosevelt designated the Department of War. Taft journeyed to Panama in 1904, viewing the canal site and meeting with Panamanian officials. The

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