Photostat of speech of Thomas Hart Benton, “The Construction of a Grand National Central Highway from St. Louis to San Francisco,” delivered in the Senate of the United States on Dec. 15, 1850. Correspondence arguing Benton’s influence in the beginnings of the Mo. Pacific Railroad. Typescript copy of “Benton and The Railroads,” editorial published in Missouri Republican on August 1, 1856., 1850 Dec 16-1951 May 24
Scope and Contents
The Railroads Collection is a subject-based collection that contains correspondence regarding the building of various railroads, traveling on railroads, etc. It also includes timetables and printed matter pertaining to railroads in the United States, mainly in the Midwest and western United States, and a scrapbook of fronts of railroad timetables from the United States dated 1881. In addition, this collection contains a report relating to the transcontinental railroad. Probably a draft, and of unidentified origin, this report relates to plans in the mid-nineteenth century to construct a national Pacific railroad, and, citing the potential of American development in California and Oregon, focuses on the construction of the Missouri portion of this proposed transcontinental railroad.
Dates
- 1850 Dec 16-1951 May 24
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Extent
From the Collection: 1.1 Cubic Feet ( (2 boxes; 1 volume; 1 oversize item))
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center Repository