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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Memorial Of The President And Managers Of The Monogahela Navigation Company.

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Philadelphia. Very Good. 1835. Pamphlet. A very early and scarce railroad report. Light soil to self-wraps, verticle fold crease, and stamped number on front. Although the Danville and Pottsville Rail Road never reached either town, it was one of Pennsylvainia's earliest railroads, chartered in 1826 and running by the year of this memorial, at a stated cost of $18,550 per mile. Chief engineer Moncure Robinson, Treasurer S. H. Carpenter, and President B. W. Richards present reports. Robinson was also the chief engineer on other early Pennsylvania railroads. Only four copies found on OCLC. ; 7 3/4" x 5 1/4"; 14 pp .

Printed By Gales & Seaton, 1820. First Edition. Unknown. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight soiling, rubbing, browning and/or foxing throughout (chiefly to wrappers and foredges); small holes at spine edges (disbound); slight wear and browning to foredges and lower edges. 7 pages. Upper wrapper title. At head of title: 63 (in brackets). Report to both the Senate and the House of Representatives by the society's board of managers, detailing the increase in the number of 'free people of color of the United States' and the success of the society's mission to Africa (i.e. the Liberian colony); signed by members John Mason, W. Jones [i.e. Walter Jones], E. B. Caldwell and F. S. Key [probably not Francis Scott Key of 'Star-Spangled Banner' fame] and dated February 1, 1820 at document's end (page 7). Dated February 3, 1820 on upper wrapper ('Referred to the Committee on so much of the President's Message as relates to the Slave Trade'; upper wrapper). Walter Jones (1776-1861), American… Leer más