EXHIBIT, OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON RAILROAD COMPANY, MAY, 1854

Memphis, Tenn. Eagle and Enquirer Great Steam Printing House, 1854. 23 cm. 35 pp., (1), folding map entitled OUTLINE MAP SHOWING THE MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON RAIL ROAD AND ITS CONNECTION WITH NORTHERN, SOUTHERN AND ATLANTIC CITIES, Lithogr. by J. Manouvrier, 33 Camp Str. N. Orls., 50 x 63 cm., tipped in at rear. Disbound pamphlet. Stamp of American Society of Civil Engineers; a second stamp "Presented by" is followed by the name of W. W. Wright, in pencil (doesn't appear to be his signature). OCLC lists only Univ. of MO - St. Louis with the map. William Wierman Wright (1824-1882) became chief engineer of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad in 1855. He later served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Item #70905

Price: $500.00