Title

The Illinois Central Rail-road Company Offers for Sale Over 2,000,000 acres, Selected Farming and Wood Lands ... : Situated on Each Side of their Rail-road, Extending All the Way from the Extreme North to the South of the State of Illinois.

Creator Display

Illinois Central Railroad Company.

Files

Description

The booklet, which offers testimonials and statistics about farming in Illinois, is designed to sell land along the Illinois Central tracks. The land is offered ""in tracts of forty acres and upwards, to suit purchasers, on long credits, & at low rates of interest""--Cover. Another edition of 60 p., published simultaneously, has title: The Illinois central rail-road company offer for sale over 2,000,000 acres selected prairie, farm and wood lands ...

Donor

Williams, Frank J.; Williams, Virginia

Date

1856

Measurement Display

64 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates :2 maps ;22 cm

Format (Digital)

PDF

Subjects

Railroads--Illinois.; Agriculture--Illinois.; Farms--Valuation--Illinois.; Railroad land grants--Illinois.; Public lands--Illinois.

Work Type

pamphlet

Class

ephemera

Preferred Citation

[Physical ID#]: [Item Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Rights Management

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Digital ID#

F545.I27 1856

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries.

Publisher

New-York : I.J. Oliver

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.