Autographs
Historic Senator “Hon H. Hamlin U.S. Senate” (Signed) “THE PACIFIC RAILROAD. 1860” Original Proposed Transcontinental Railroad Imprint - His Personal Copy!
1860-Dated. HANNIBAL HAMLIN Signed, “THE PACIFIC RAILROAD. 1860” Remarkable Historic Original Imprint regarding the Transcontinental Railroad, Choice Crisp Extremely Fine.
15th Vice President of the United States (1861–1865), serving under President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, Hannibal Hamlin’s Personal Signed Copy of this original Imprint entitled, “The Pacific Railroad.” This important Imprint is boldly Signed at top of title page, “Hon H. Hamlin - U. S. Senate.” This Imprint measures 5.5” x 8.5” and has 14 pages plus a blank leaf, and is quite fresh and very clean. It was removed from larger volume and presented within a modern cloth chemise and slipcase. This historic Pamphlet is discussing the proposed Transcontinental Railroad. Black slipcase has gilt printing that reads, “THE PACIFIC RAILROAD. 1860”. Hannibal Hamlin was the longtime U.S. Senator from Maine who was picked to be Abraham Lincoln's Presidential Campaign running mate in the critical election of 1860. Hannibal Hamlin served as Vice President of the United States until being replace on the 1864 Republican Presidential Ticket for Vice President by Andrew Johnson.

In 1862, the “Pacific Railroad Act” chartered the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies, and tasked them with building a transcontinental railroad that would link the United States from east to west. Over the next seven years, the two companies would race toward each other from Sacramento, California on the one side and Omaha, Nebraska on the other, struggling against great risks before they met at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869.
Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was the 15th Vice President of the United States (1861–1865), serving under President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. He was the first Vice President from the Republican Party. Prior to his election in 1860, Hamlin served in the United States Senate, the House of Representatives and, briefly, as the 26th Governor of Maine.