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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.

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.
Author
Illinois Central Railroad Company.
Publication
New-York : I.J. Oliver, 1856.

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54 titlesTextUse in library *C p.v. 1016 54 titlesSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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Description
64 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : 2 maps; 22 cm
Summary
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
Subject
  • Illinois Central Railroad Company
  • Railroads > Illinois
  • Agriculture > Illinois
  • Farms > Valuation > Illinois
  • Railroad land grants > Illinois
  • Public lands > Illinois
  • Agriculture
  • Farms > Valuation
  • Public lands
  • Railroad land grants
  • Railroads
  • Farms
  • Illinois
Note
  • 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 ...
Call Number
*C p.v. 1016, no. 47
OCLC
26700176
Author
Illinois Central Railroad Company.
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.
Imprint
New-York : I.J. Oliver, 1856.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Research Call Number
*C p.v. 1016, no. 47
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