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Box 10

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

R.O. Davidson, Columbus, to Thomas Ritchie, Washington City, D.C., 1849 November

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 658
Identifier: id111529
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents

Railroad between the Mississippi River and the territories of Oregon and California; Davidson's arguments challenging the assumed "practicability and utility" of such a railroad; analysis of the territories' population, commerce, & agricultural production; proposeal of air travel as being a more practical link between sections of the country. 5 pp. ALS.

Dates: 1849 November