NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD

In the Senate of the United States

Item #45174

[NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD]. In the Senate of the United States...Mr. Ramsey Submitted the Following Memorial, &c. Northern Pacific Railroad. [Washington, 1867]. 39pp. plus large color folding map. Modern maroon cloth, gilt maroon morocco label. Minor dust Soiling to text. Map bright and clean. Overall very good. Midland Notes 68-164. Wheat, Transmississippi 1169. An application by the Northern Pacific Railroad, headed by Minnesota railroad magnate James J. Hill, to Congress for federal aid to support its expansion to the West Coast. The petition reviews the railroad's original charter and includes an impressive color folding map, "Map of the Country from Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean" which illustrates the railroad's route from Duluth to Seattle and Portland. This map was originally produced to accompany Edwin Johnson's report on the feasibility of the railroad. This is one of the finest maps of the region traversed to be issued up to this time, and was produced by Colton in New York, not by the government. Wheat devotes several pages to discussing it, noting "the detail of such a map defies cataloging." Above the map appears an elevation chart for the same distance. A fine account of railroad expansion in the Northwest. Rare. Not on OCLC.

Price: $1,750.00