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Auction 199, Lot 164
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"The Mobile and Ohio River Rail Road Grant in the States of Mississippi and Alabama", U.S. Government

Subject: Alabama & Mississippi

Period: 1852 (circa)

Publication: Sen. Ex. Doc. 1, 32nd Congress, 2nd Session

Color: Black & White

Size:
12.5 x 27.6 inches
31.8 x 70.1 cm
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This interesting strip map shows approximately twenty miles on either side of a railroad running down the state line between Mississippi and Alabama from the Chickasaw Boundary (just north of Columbus, MS) south to Mobile Bay. The map illustrates the six and fifteen mile limits of the railroad grant, as well as private land grants and townships. An uncommon and important railroad strip map.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding with minor foxing and a bit of toning along the sheet edges. There are a few archival reinforcements at the fold junctions and a short repaired fold separation in the left blank margin.

Estimate: $120 - $150

Sold for: $90

Closed on 9/11/2024

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