many items in the manner adopted, and to outline the nature and contents of a book when necessary, rather than to curtail the list of titles for the sake of giving the size, pagination, collation and publisher's imprint of only two-thirds the number. Nor have certain numerous and important works been included. Books such as Gregg's "Commerce of the Prairies," Inman's "Great Salt Lake Trail," Colden's "Erie Canal Celebration of 1825," the exploration narratives of Lewis and Clark, Pike, and Long, Parkman's "Oregon Trail," and the various editions of Zadoc Cramer's "Navigator"-for example-are too well known to make mention of them necessary. The titles of various state and local histories and other similar works mentioned in foot-notes have also been omitted, since they do not treat exclusively of the subject in hand. Following is the list prepared: (Abbott, Jacob.)—Marco Paul's Travels and Adventures in the Pursuit of Knowledge. On the Erie Canal. Boston, 1848. Abbott, Jacob.-Marco Paul on the Erie Canal, n.p., n.d. (New York, 1852.) [The preceding book, with a new introduction.] Abbott, Jacob.-The same, n. p., n. d. [An 1880, New York, reprint of preceding title.] (Abbott, Jacob.)-Marco Paul's Travels and Adventures in the Pursuit of Knowledge. City of New York. Boston, 1848. Abdy, E. S.-Journal of a Residence and Tour in the United States of America, from April, 1833, to October, 1834. In three volumes. London, MDCCCXXXV. Abert, John J., Lieut. Col., U. S. A.-Report to Hon. Lewis Cass, Secretary of War, Washington, 1835. [Reviewing the work then being performed by Army Engineers in planning or constructing roads, canals and railroads throughout the country. Contained in Report No. 95, Ho. of Reps., 24th Congress, 1st Session.] Abert, John J., Col., Engineer Corps, U. S. A.-Reports of the Secretary of War, with Reconnaissances of Routes from San Antonio to El Paso, by Brevet Lt. Col. J. E. Johnston, Lieut. W. F. Smith, Lieut. F. T. Bryan, Lieut. N. H. Michler and Capt. S. G. French; Also, The Report of Capt. R. B. Marcy's Route from Fort Smith to Santa Fé; and the Report of Lieut. J. H. Simpson of an Expedition into the Navajo Country; and the Report of Lieut. W. H. C. Whiting's Reconnaissances of the Western Frontier of Texas. Washington, 1854 [The volume is Senate Ex. Doc. No. 64, 31st Congress, 1st Session. Has 250 pages of text, 2 folding maps of the routes and 75 plates. Few copies contain every plate, owing to omissions or duplications in binding.] Abstracts of Bills reported by the Committee on Roads and Canals and Internal Improvements of the House of Representatives, and of the Committee on Roads and Canals of the Senate from the year 1815 to 1834, inclusive: With the estimates, etc., etc., and a statement in re gard to the Cumberland Road, from its commencement in 1806 to the close of 1834. Washington, 1836. Contained in Rep. No. 850, Ho. of Reps., 24th Congress, 1st Session. [This document, of 91 closely printed pages, is apparently the only collected record of the Federal government's early activity and work during the period in which the need of better transportation facilities became acute.] Adams, Charles Francis, Jr.-Notes on Railroad Accidents. New York, 1879. Adams, Charles Francis, Jr.-Railroads: Their Origin and Prob lems. New York, 1879. A Full and Particular Account of all the Circumstances Attending the Loss of the Steamboat Lexington, in Long Island Sound, on the night of January 13, 1840; as elicited in the evidences of the witnesses examined. . . immediately after the lamentable event. Providence, 1840. Alderson, M. A.-An Essay on the Nature and Application of Steam, with an Historical Notice of the Rise and Progressive Improvement of the Steam Engine. London, 1834. Allen, Ebenezer.-Galveston and Red River Railroad. To the People of Eastern and Northern Texas. (Galveston, 1852.) Alspach, S.-Schuylkill Canal Navigator. Philadelphia, 1827. [Giving directions to the captains of canal boats by the aid of which they might avoid accident or wreck on the canal in question. Title reproduced in the text.] American Rail-Road Journal. Volume 1, New York, Jan. 1 to Dec. 22, 1832. Published weekly. [The magazine was continued for many years.] (Anbury, Thomas.)-Travel through the Interior Parts of America, etc. In Two Volumes. London, MDCCXCI. Anderson, Alex. D.-The Mississippi and its Forty-four Navigable Tributaries, etc. Washington, 1890. Anecdotes for the Steamboat and Railroad, etc. By an Old Traveller. Philadelphia, 1853. (Armroyd, George.)-A Connected View of the Whole Internal Navigation of the United States, Natural and Artificial; Present and Prospective. [192 pages and folding maps.] Philadelphia, 1826. (Armroyd, George.) The same. "Corrected and Improved from the edition of 1826." Philadelphia, 1830. [This edition has 617 pages, a large folding map and folding profiles.] Arnold, Edmond S. F., M.D.-On Medical Provision for Railroads, as a Humanitarian Measure, as well as a Source of Economy to the Companies, etc. New York, 1862. Ashcroft, John.-Ashcroft's Railway Directory for 1867, Containing an Official List of the Officers and Directors of the Railroads in the United States and Canadas, Together with their Financial Condition and Amount of Rolling Stock. New York (1867). A True Picture of Emigration; or Fourteen Years in the Interior of North America; Being a Full and Impartial Account of the Various Difficulties, etc., of an English Family who emigrated . . . in the year 1831. London, n.d. (1845.) (Bagby Resolutions.)-Resolved, That the Constitution of the United States, etc., etc. (Washington) 1848. [Being Miscellaneous No. 32, Senate, 30th Congress, 1st Session. Bagby contended that "the power to construct roads, cut canals, . . . etc., in any one or more of the States or Territories of this Union is not among the powers expressly granted to the general government by the constitution, nor is the exercise of such a power necessary and proper," etc., etc.] (Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.)-Proceedings of Sundry Citizens of Baltimore convened for the Purpose of Devising the most Efficient Means of Improving the Intercourse between that City and the Western States. Baltimore, 1827. (Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.)-Report of the Engineers of the Reconnaissance and Surveys, made in Reference to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Baltimore, 1828. Barnes, Demas. From the Atlantic to the Pacific, Overland Describing a Trip from New York, via Chicago, Atchison, the Great Plains. . . Bridger's Pass, etc., etc. New York, 1866. Barton, James L.-Lake Commerce: Letter to the Hon. Robert M'Clelland, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce in the U. S. House of Representatives, in relation to the Value and Importance of the Commerce of the Great Western Lakes. Buffalo, 1846. Folding table. Beggs, S. R.-Pages from the Early History of the West and NorthWest: Embracing Reminiscences and Incidents of Settlement, etc., etc. Cincinnati, 1868. Bennett, Emerson.-Mike Fink: A Legend of the Ohio. Cincinnati, n.d. (1852). Birkbeck, Morris.-Notes on a Journey in America, from the Coast of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois, etc. Folding map. Dublin, 1818. Bloodgood, S. De Witt.-A Treatise on Roads, their History, Character and Utility. Albany, 1838. Bly, Myron T.-Legal Hints for Travellers. A Compilation of Judicial Decisions Pertaining to the Rights of Travellers upon Passenger Transportation Lines. Boston, 1887. Bogart, W. H.-Daniel Boone, and the Hunters of Kentucky. Philadelphia, 1876. (Boston and Albany Railroad.)-Report of the Select Committee of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts on the Practicability and Expediency of Constructing a Railway from Boston to the Hudson River, at or near Albany. (Boston, 1827.) [H. R. No. 13, January 19, 1827.] Bowen, Ele.-Rambles in the Path of the Steam Horse. Embracing . . . Prominent Features of the Travelled Route from Baltimore to Harper's Ferry, Cumberland, Cincinnati, etc., etc. Philadelphia, 1855. Bowen, Eli.-The Pictorial Sketch-Book of Pennsylvania. . . . Its Scenery, Internal Improvements, etc., Popularly Described. Philadelphia, 1852. Boyce, J. R., Sr.-Facts About Montana Territory and the Way to Get There. (Helena) 1872. (Bromwell, William.)-Off-Hand Sketches; A Companion for the Tourist and Traveller over the Philadelphia, Pottsville and Reading Railroad, etc. Philadelphia, 1854. Brown, Samuel R.-The Western Gazeteer; or Emigrants' Directory, containing a Geographical Description of the Western States and Territories, viz., the States of Kentucky, Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio, Tennessee and Mississippi: And the Territories of Illinois, Missouri, Alabama, Michigan, and North-Western. With an Appendix containing Sketches . . . and Directions to Emigrants. Auburn, N. Y., 1817. [Has 360 pages of text.] Brown, William H.-The History of the First Locomotives in America. From Original Documents and the Testimony of Living Witnesses. [Folding and other illustrations.] New York, 1871. Buckingham, J. S.-The Eastern and Western States of America. In three volumes. London, n.d. (1843.) Bunn, Alfred.-Old England and New England, in a Series of Views Taken on the Spot. In two volumes. London, 1853. Burbanks, Chester.-A Brief Autobiography of My Life. . . . By Chester Burbanks, One of the Oldest of Surviving Boatmen of the Hudson and Other Rivers, with Connecting Canals and Lakes. Albany, 1888. Burn, Robert Scott.-The Steam Engine: Its History and Mechanism. London, 1857. Campbell, Albert H.-Report upon the Pacific Wagon Roads, constructed under the direction of the Hon. Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the Interior, in 1857-'58-'59. Washington, 1859, [Contains 125 pages of text and six extremely large folding maps (from six to nine square feet each) of the western country and overland roads herein described. The book is Ho. Rep. Executive Document No. 108 of the 35th Congress, 2nd Session. Campbell was in charge of the expeditions. The new routes discussed are 1.-Fort Ridgeley and South Pass Road. 2.-Fort Kearney, South Pass and Honey Lake Road. 4.-Nebraska Road.] Canals.--An Historical Account of the Rise, Progress and Present State of the Canal Navigation in Pennsylvania, etc., etc. Large Folding Map. Philadelphia, MDCCXCV. Published by direction of the Schuylkill and Susquehanna, and the Delaware and Schuylkill Navigation Companies. [Title reproduced in the text.] Canals. Circular of the Commissioners of the Ohio Canal Fund, to the Stockholders of the State. New York, 1843. Canals. [Documents praying that the National Congress enlarge the powers of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Contained in] Doc. No. 143, Ho. of Reps., 24th Congress, 1st Session. Canals. Engravings of Plans, Profiles and maps illustrating the Standard Models from which are built the Important Structures on the New York State Canals: [Accompanying the Annual Report of the State Engineer (van R. Richmond) on the Canals for 1859. The volume contains a large folding map and 15 large folding plates and diagrams.] Albany, 1860. Canals. Harper, Claudius. Schuylkill Navigation. Premiums to Canal Boatmen. The Board of Managers of the Schuylkill Navigation Company offer the following Premiums to the Captains of all Boats trading on their Canal . . . for quick trips to Philadelphia . . . for quick trips to New York . . . etc., etc. (Philadelphia) April 12, 1847. [Large tolio broadside. Harper was secretary of the Company, and signed the announcement.] Canals. Report of the Committee on Roads and Canals [of the House of Representatives] in reply to the memorials of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the inhabitants of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, praying for an additional subscription by the United States to the Capital Stock of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. 378 pages, diagrams and folding plate. Washington, 1834. [Contained in Rep. No. 414, Ho. of Reps., 23d Congress, 1st Session. An elaborate review of all phases of the canal question at the commencement of the railroad era.] Canals. Rules for the Collection of Toll on the Schuylkill Navigation, and Rates of Toll for 1829, n.p., n.d. (Philadelphia, 1828.) [Folio Broadside. Closely printed in two wide columns separated by a vertical rule composed of small typographical ornaments. The "Rules" occupy the first column; the "Rates of Toll" are in the second.] Canals. The Erie Canal. Its National Character: Its Through and Local Trade Compared. An Argument in Favor of Making it a National Work. By George S. Hazard. Published by order of the (1873.) Board of Trade of Buffalo, N. Y. n.p., n.d. |