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Verlag: Wagoner Printing Co.], [Galesburg, Ill., 1913
Anbieter: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, USA
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pp. [1-2] [1-2] 3-85 [86: blank], seven inserted plates, publisher's brown cloth, front panel stamped in gold, brown endpapers. First edition. A presentation copy with a signed inscription by Carr on the front flyleaf to Frank E. Johnson, dated Christmas 1914. A history of the Guarantee Bond executed in 1886 by the citizen's committee of Galesburg, Illinois, to secure the right-of-way through the city and at least twenty acres for depot and yard grounds for the AT&SF's main line between Kansas City and Chicago, written by Ezra Clark Carr (1836-1919), a prominent member of the committee. "Abraham Lincoln appointed Carr postmaster of Galesburg in March, 1861. For the next twenty-four years every succeeding Republican president continued to appoint him. It was a respected position in the community and reflected his status as a leader in local politics . Colonel Carr was active in the economic development of Galesburg from the end of the Civil War until the late 1880s. He invested in the first gas plant which provided street lights in the city. He purchased the Register and edited it for several years. When he sold the newspaper it was combined with the Republican. Carr played an important role in convincing the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to build its line to Chicago through Galesburg in 1887. Local citizens raised $60,000 as an incentive and Carr used his influence with the Board of Directors to seal the deal" (Barbara Schock, Sandburg. org). Col. Carr published an interesting autobiography, MY DAY AND GENERATION, in 1908, as well as a popular historical novel, THE ILLINI: A STORY OF THE PRAIRIES, in 1904. A bright, clean, very good copy. (#172945).
Verlag: Wagoner Printing Co., Galesburg, IL, 1913
Anbieter: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, USA
Hardcover. First edition, first printing. The City of Galesburg was more than ten miles away from the nearest point of the proposed Santa Fe line through Illinois. Through extraordinary effort, public spirit and liberality on the part of the citizens of Galesburg, the authorities of the Santa Fe Railroad were induced to locate and build the line through that City. 85 pages with portraits of officials, a listing of subscribers to The Right-of-Way Fund and how much they contributed, and index. Bound in original brown pebbled cloth with lettering and border stamped in gilt. A fine and bright copy. Book.