A18 Western Statehood and Land Grants to Railroads

Heading: Author: (United States) Title: Place Published: Map of the United States Exhibiting the Grants of Land made by the General Government to Aid in the Construction of the Railroads and Wagon R

This is a Wisconsin Central Railroad Land Grant Letters and Decisions book dated 1885, discussion the decision of the Wisconsin Supreme Court in Wisconsin Centrals case against Price County. Fine used

Heading: Author: McKean, Thomas, Signer from Delaware Title: Engraved document on parchment, signed by Thomas McKean as Governor of Pennsylvania, being a grant of land in western Pennsylvania Place P

1. Chicago, Portage & Superior Railway Co $1,000 Land Grant Gold Bond- Cert. #3075, issued in 1881. $1,000 Land Grant gold bond, 40 year, 6%, due 1921. 45 Coupons attached. Train in oval vignette runs

Rare 1859 Federal land grant warrant to Private Charles Conklin, veteran of the War of 1812, for 160 acres in St. Cloud, MN. I am sure he was glad he was still alive 47 years after the war ended to be

Grant of land in Iowa for service in the War of 1872 to Lemuel Bewley, a private in Captain Hackett's and Roe's Companies of Maryland Militia, dated May 1, 1856 and bearing a signature of Franklin Pie

"Map of the Untied States showing the Limits Within Which Land Grants were Made by the Federal Government to Aid in the Construction of Railroads and Wagon Roads". Engraved and printed for the 9th Cen

Title: 1879 Powell Map of US with Railroad Grants -- Map of the United States Exhibiting the Grants of Lands Made by the General Government to Aid the Construction of Railroads and Wagon Roads. Cartog

This is a lot of 13 HO scale refrigerator cars, featuring Swift, Pacific Fruit Express, Great Northern, Chicago and Northwestern, Western Pacific, Milwaukee Road, Heinz, REA, Land O’ Lakes, Unio

Here is beautiful portfolio of 16 " COLORED " views of a trip from Colorado Springs to Cripple Creek on the C.S. & C.C.R.R.,. famously known as " The Short Line". Each picture includes a nice descript

Four books of fishing. Includes: 1) The Living Land by Haig-Brown. 1961. Ex-Library. 2) In the Ring of the Rise by Marinaro. 1976. Dust jacket taped to covers. 3) Larger Trout for the Western Fly Fish

Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Lantern (Adams & Westlake Co.). Measures 9.5 x 6 inches. D. & R.G.W.R.R. etched on globe and D. &. R.G. W.R.R. in raised lettering on lantern. If lot is absent of

Western Railroad Coroporation Signed Howe & Others. Elias Howe Invented the First Practical Sewing Machine. From Spencer, MA. Some tearing along folds. Please see photos and come to the 2 day preview

[WEST FLORIDA] CHESTER, PETER. Three crudely printed land grants for West Florida, each engrossed in manuscript, with an attached manuscript survey map. Pensacola, Florida, 1st September, 1777; 24 Nov

[WEST FLORIDA] CHESTER, PETER. Three crudely printed land grants for West Florida, engrossed in manuscript, each with an attached manuscript survey map. Pensacola, Florida: 11 January, 14 November and

1. A presidential land grant signed by Andrew Jackson for eighty acres in Indianapolis, Indiana, 1830. 2. A presidential land grant signed by James Monroe for property in Indiana circa 183? Measures 9

Group of 5 documents signed by North Carolina governors Richard Dobbs Spaight and Samuel Ashe granting land in what would eventually become known as Tennessee in return for Revolutionary War service,

Group of 14 land documents, all signed by Tennessee Governor William Carroll at Murfreesborough and concerning various property in Humphreys County directly issued to or assigned to John Davis, John M

Group of eight (8) early 19th century land grants, all Tennessee Governor signed. Includes two (2) signed Joseph McMinn (1816 & 1818), three (3) signed William Carroll (1820 & 1822), two (2) signed Ne

35 Documents from the Mid-1600s to Mid 1800s: Land Grants, Deeds, Indentures, Wills and Sales: A Beautifully Kept Collection. An impressive collection of legal documents, from Colonial America, throug

Framed and glazed colored map depicting the coastal area between the Rio Grande and The Nueces, showing early Spanish and Mexican land grants for King Ranch as of 1852 We happily provide seamless shi

Anne Bradstreet (née Dudley; March 8, 1612 – September 16, 1672) was the most prominent of early English poets of North America and first writer in England's North American colonies to be p

Benjamin Franklin Document Signed in ink. "B. Franklin" as president of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. One partially-printed vellum page, 11.5 x 14.5 inches, Know Ye, That in considera

Western Railroad Supply Co. Harp Style Wig Wag Railroad Signal Western Railroad Supply wig wag signal with a unique setup for the CB&Q / Burlington Railroad. Signal is in operating condition and does