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South-western New Mexico : A physical and geological description of that portion of Grant County ... from the San Francisco River on the north, to the Mexican boundary line on the south, and from the Arizona line east as far as Deming, N.M
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"Beale's wagons train; camels; appraisal of Mormon fighters; Virgin R; Callville" - (from Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society: General Notes; Exploration of Southern Nevada; Beale's Wagon Road; The Camel Experiment; Callville (Call's Landing - Colorado River); Mexican Traders from Village of Chama, N.M. to Salt Lake City, 1853; Moab Region, Journey there-1853-Cliff Dweller Ruins described; Mancos Ward, 1880 (exhibit no. 622, U.S. vs. Utah), pp. 1-6)
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Professional and personal papers of Otis R. Marston and his collection of the materials on the history of Colorado River and Green River regions.
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Accurate Map of North and South Carolina with their Indian Frontiers, showing in a distinct manner all the Mountains, Rivers, Swamps, Marshes, Bays, Creeks, Harbours, Sandbanks and Soundings on the Coast, with the Roads and Indian Paths as well as the Boundary or Provincial Lines, the Several Townships and other divisions of the Land in Both the Provinces; the whole from Actual Surveys by Henry Mouzon and others
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Noted as duplicate of 192531, 29-30 and 2813, #73-74. Submap: Harbour at Port Royal; Bar and Harbour of Charlestown.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: Crowned fluer-di-lis VI. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Sub-maps. Verso Text: MS note: 73 H. E. H. Dupl. stamp..
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A Map of South Carolina and a part of Georgia, containing the whole Sea-Coast, all the Islands, Inlets, Rivers, Creeks, Parishes, Townships, Boroughs, Roads and Bridges as also several Plantations, with the proper Boundary Lines, their Names, and the Names of their Proprietors, composed from, Surveys taken by the Hon. William Bull, Esq., Lieutenant-Governor, Captain Gascoign, Hugh Bryan, Esq., and the Author William de Brahm, Surveyor-General to the Province of South Carolina, one of the Surveyors of Georgia, and Late Captain under his Imperial Majesty Charles VII. Engraved by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
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Kashnor notes,"A very fine topographical map, indicating the Towns, Forts, Churches, Houses, Roads, Swamp Lands, Marsh Lands, Oak Lands and Pine Lands." Large cartouche of slaves drawing water, cutting ?, tropical fruit.. Prime meridian: London. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Watermark: VI. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche. Verso Text: MS note: 105-325 4 sheets..
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[in manila envelope with Item 2 below] "Proposed Construction by Mexican Government of Railroad from Terminus of Inter-California Southern Railway to the Gulf. Possible Sale Inter-California to Mexican Government. Possible Abandonment I.C.S." File No. 080-2, Part 2. From (~1.25"). Mexican government apparently wanted to buy this line from the SP, but didn't have cash. SP proposed a trade of Mexican fuel oil, enough to meet the SPM's 700,000 barrel-per-year needs, for some period of years, in exchange. It appears that govt. finally decided to take line in exchange for paying 2% of gross receipts to the ICS (and thus to the SPM), after several other creative (and apparently unsuccessful) proposals. Apparently labor issues were a key factor in the relinquishing of this line, and considerable railroad labor discussion and detail is included herein. Other items include a letter from Walter Douglas to Obregón about the ICS, dated 5/13/39; a curt letter from Walter Douglas to A.D. McDonald in NY that notes that "Mr. Guy Shoup seems to be disturbed over the fact that the ICS has no right of way through the Andrade Lands, title to which seems still to be in litigation... I can see no reason for going to this expense at this time. So far as the Southern Pacific of Mexico is concerned, our tracks pass over hundreds of kilometers of lands to which we have no legal title, and I don't see any reason why in the case of the ICS any additional cost should be incurred by purchasing a right of way from which we will probably never be disturbed. We have written to Mr. Shoup to this effect...." Very rare to see this kind of candidness from the SP in any of published material on them! Most of their corporate records have very carefully excised or hidden this type of admission... and one reason the SPM's records are such a great hook into the parent SP corporation
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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