Compromise bill of the National Union Party ... authorizing the location and construction of a rail road to the Pacific together with the immediate construction of a magnetic telegraph and line of ocean steam ships to California and China : manuscript, 1853.

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Compromise bill of the National Union Party ... authorizing the location and construction of a rail road to the Pacific together with the immediate construction of a magnetic telegraph and line of ocean steam ships to California and China : manuscript, 1853.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612787378

Charles Sumner's official copy of a proposed compromise bill, including plans for a military survey of possible railroad routes, construction of a "national highway" to California, the laying down of telegraph lines, proposed steamship trade with China, and other topics.

1 v. (46 leaves) ; 27 cm.

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