Report of the Board of Directors of Internal Improvements of the state of Massachusetts on the practicability and expediency of a rail-road from Boston to the Hudson River, and from Boston to Providence : submitted to the General Court, January 16, 1829 : to which are annexed, the reports of the engineers, containing the results of their surveys and estimates of the cost of constructing a rail-road on each of the routes selected : with plans and profiles of the routes.

Author/creator Massachusetts
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBoston : Press of the Boston daily advertiser, 1829 (W.L. Lewis)
Description76, 119, [1] p., [6] leaves of plates (fold.) : 6 fold. maps ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subjects

Other author/creatorLincoln, Levi, 1782-1868.
Other author/creatorHale, Nathan, 1784-1863.
Other author/creatorWhite, Stephen, 1787-1841.
Other author/creatorHenshaw, David, 1791-1852.
Other author/creatorWard, Thomas W. (Thomas Wren), 1786-1858.
Other author/creatorMakepeace, Royal, 1772-1855.
Other author/creatorBond, George, 1788-1842.
Other author/creatorFoster, William, 1772-1863.
Other author/creatorRobbins, Edward Hutchinson, 1792-1850.
Other author/creatorBaldwin, James Fowle, 1782-1862.
Other author/creatorHayward, James, 1786-1866.
Other author/creatorWillard, S. (Solomon), 1783-1861.
SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Report of the Board of directors -- Report of Mr. Baldwin on the rail-road surveys from Boston to the Hudson river -- Report of Mr. Hayward on the rail-road surveys between Boston and Providence -- Mr. Willard's report on the cost of stone for the rail-road.
Local noteFinance.
Local note2012AG49200.
General noteSigned (p. 76, 1st count): "Levi Lincoln, Nathan Hale, Stephen White, David Henshaw, Thomas W. Ward, Royal Makepeace, George Bond, William Foster, Edward H. Robbins, Jr."
General noteSome plans engraved by J.V.N. Throop. Sc. One plan engraved by Annin & Smith.
General noteTwo states of one of the maps noted. In the first state, the map has title "Profile of a survey for a rail-road ..." In the second, the map has title "Profile no 1 of a survey for a rail-road ..." The American Antiquarian Society copy with the first state of the "Profile" was evidently issued without plate "No. 3."
General note"Report ... on the rail-road surveys from Boston to the Hudson River" signed (p. 70, 2nd count): "Jas. F. Baldwin, engineer."
General note"Report ... on the rail-road surveys between Boston and Providence" signed (p. 99, 2nd count): "James Hayward."
General note"Mr. Willard's report on the cost of stone for the rail-road" signed (p. 119, 2nd count): "Solomon Willard, architect of the Bunker Hill Monument. Boston, December 4, 1828."
General noteReproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
General noteSabin no. 6768.

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