Item #52402 Proceedings of Sundry Citizens of Baltimore, Convened

Proceedings of Sundry Citizens of Baltimore, Convened

Item #52402

(RAILROADS). Proceedings of Sundry Citizens of Baltimore, Convened for the Purpose of Devising the Most Efficient Means of Improving the Intercourse between that City and the Western States. Baltimore: Printed for William Woody, 1827. 1st ed. 38 pp. Orig. self wrappers, stitched as issued. Light dampstaining not affecting legibility, a very good copy. HOWES B-84. Very scarce. "This meeting resulted in the formation of the Baltimore and Ohio R.R. Co." Thomson (checklist of Publications on American Railroads before 1841) 130. "Resulted in the construction of the first western railway." Howes.

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