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The Cape Cod centennial celebration at Barnstable, Sept. 3, 1839, of the incorporation of that town, Sept. 3, 1639 : Giving a full detail of the preliminary proceedings of the committees, and the speeches and toasts at the dinner
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A statement of some of the principal facts, which took place in the revolutionary war, in and about the county of Barnstable, on Cape Cod
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Survey across the Isthmus of Cape Cod State of Massachusetts and Town of Sandwich of a proposed canal between Buzzards and Barnstable Bays
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No old shelf mark. The canal was not constructed at the time, and was proposed again by the Massachusetts Legislature in 1860 ("Report of the Joint Special Committee on the subject of a ship canal connecting Buzzard's Bay and Barnstable Bay." Available from Google Books, http://books.google.com/books?id=0aYrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA6&dq=barnstable+bay&hl=en&ei=ZPAgTOn7OoK7nAe5ud1_&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false accessed June 22, 2010). The canal was finally constructed in the 20th century, with construction completed in 1914. Barnstable Bay appeared on 18th, 19th, and early 20th century maps of Cape Cod and Massachusetts: it appears to have referred to the southern third of Cape Cod Bay, the area it covered receding over time until it was covered only the water immediately north of Barnstable. Submaps: Long Pond to Herring Pond; Profile of the proposed route. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Yards. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.
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"History --- Southern Pacific Railroad Company of Mexico (MJW-275)." File No. SPdeM 110-3 (History). Part I. From (~2 linear inches). Very rich internal material. Examples: A list of resolutions adopted by the Board relative to concessions and construction, from 1910 to 1931; an internal study of the SPM's operations from 1920 to 1935 inclusive, including very important "plan for restoring that line to its former importance as a feeder company to Southern Pacific Company," along with discussion of waning importance of line to SP and increasing importance to National Railways of Mexico; lengthy excerpts (perhaps 25 pp. worth) from 19th-century SP annual reports talking about the importance of present and future lines in Mexico; copies of the SPM's Articles of Incorporation; includes large confidential file in envelope at end detailing Mexico's reparation payments to SPM; etc
Manuscripts
These materials, consisting primarily of correspondence but also including maps, news clippings, photographs, and blueprints, are arranged and bound by topic according to the Southern Pacific's internal organizational schema. There are 160 individual bound items in these 23 boxes. Each grouping is in reverse chronological order as it was originally filed by SP de México administrators. Collection has material in English and Spanish.
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