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THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY OFFERS FOR SALE OVER 1,500,000 ACRES
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THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY OFFERS FOR SALE OVER 1,500,000 ACRES SELECTED FARMING AND WOOD LANDS IN TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS, TO SUIT PURCHASERS, ON LONG CREDITS AND AT LOW RATES OF INTEREST... - 1858

by [Illinois]

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Chicag, 1858. 80pp. plus two maps and frontispiece plate. Original printed wrappers bound into 20th- century red cloth. Cloth lightly rubbed, bookplate on front pastedown. Wrappers lightly soiled. Minor foxing. Very good. An advertisement for available lands along the railroad across the state of Illinois. The two maps depict a comprehensive national railroad map as well as a detailed view of the Illinois railroad system. The Illinois Central Railroad lands run along the system's two lines - one running north and south through the center of the state, and the other branching northward toward Chicago from Centralia. The text provides much agricultural and geological information, as well as information about the cost of moving to Chicago and the prices of products, fuel, and fencing. Buck states that several similar publications were issued by the railroad from 1855 to the early 1870s. An excellent overview of the railroad's push across the Midwest. BYRD 2932. CHICAGO ANTE-FIRE IMPRINTS 331. BUCK 559 (ref).
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  • Title THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY OFFERS FOR SALE OVER 1,500,000 ACRES SELECTED FARMING AND WOOD LANDS IN TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS, TO SUIT PURCHASERS, ON LONG CREDITS AND AT LOW RATES OF INTEREST...
  • Author [Illinois]
  • Date 1858
  • Bookseller's Inventory # WRCAM43793

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