Pacific Railroad Commenced. Address of Thomas Allen, Esq., of St. Louis, to the Board of Directors of the Pacific Railroad Company, at Their First Meeting, January 31, 1850. And Also a Memorial to Congress, and the Act of Incorporation
St. Louis: Printed at the Republican Office, 1850. 46pp. Modern cloth, spine gilt. Some foxing and light tanning. A rare pamphlet that documents one of the founding moments of the Transcontinental Railroad. The present publishes the speech of Thomas Allen, the earliest major proponent of such an effort, at the..... More