Item #12430 Report of the Directors of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company. Presented to the Stockholders at the Annual Meeting, June 26th, 1867. Burlington Chicago, Quincy Railroad Company.

Report of the Directors of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company. Presented to the Stockholders at the Annual Meeting, June 26th, 1867

Association Copy. Owned the former President of the Railroad Company. Chicago: Spalding & La Montes, Printers and Stationers, (Successors to Garden City Printing and Blank Book Company). 1867.

First Edition. Wraps. Octavo. 70 pages. Folding Annual Locomotive Report for 1866-7. Original printed, stitched, peach wraps with title on front. Report reviews activities and expenditures of the railway with discussion of westward connections. Light shelf wear to wraps. Old ink name top of front cover is that of Charles Perkins. From wikipedia: Charles Elliott Perkins (November 24, 1840 — November 8, 1907) was an American businessman and president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. He was so well respected that historian Richard Overton wrote, "From the time that Charles Elliott Perkins became vice president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy [1876] ... until he resigned as president in 1901, he was the Burlington."

Chicago Ante-Fire imprints 1154. Very good. Item #12430

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