REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE TO WHOM WAS REFERRED ALL THE PAPERS IN RELATION TO THE NEGOTIATION OF A LOAN FOR AIDING IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MILWAUKEE AND ROCK RIVER CANAL.
Madison: 1841.
Price: $850.00
About the item
36pp. Gathered signatures, stitched as issued. Soiled and dampstained, some pencil notes in margins, slight insect damage in outer leaves. Good only, untrimmed. OCLC 3745542. AII (WISCONSIN) 97.
Item #354276
An important Wisconsin territorial imprint relating to the construction of a canal between the Milwaukee and Rock rivers. This report deals with issuance of illegitimate bonds to pay for the canal. The canal was eventually constructed, but was filled in 1884 to build Commerce Street. OCLC locates only one copy, at the Wisconsin State Historical Society (AMERICAN IMPRINTS INVENTORY notes two copies at that institution). Rare.
