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The Illinois Central Rail-Road Company offers for sale over 2,000,000 acres selected farming and wood lands, in tracts of forty acres and upwards, to suit purchasers, on long credits, and at low rates of interest, situated on each side of their rail-road, extending all the way from the extreme north to the south of the state of Illinois
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| Title | The Illinois Central Rail-Road Company offers for sale over 2, 000, 000 acres selected farming and wood lands, in tracts of forty acres and upwards, to suit purchasers, on long credits, and at low rates of interest, situated on each side of their rail-road, extending all the way from the extreme north to the south of the state of Illinois |
| Description | Includes a general description of Illinois with inducements to settlement in the form of letters from Illinois residents, primarily farmers, describing their experience in Illinois. |
| Subject (LCSH) | Railroad land grants--Illinois; Illinois--Description and travel |
| Geographic Location | United States--Illinois |
| Time Period | 1850-1860 |
| Creator | Illinois Central Railroad Company |
| Publisher | New York: John W. Amerman, printer |
| Contributors | John Wilson; G.W. Gilson; B.G. Roots; John Williams; John S. Barger; James Phillips; A.J. Galloway; C.G. Taylor; W.H. Munn; L.G. Chase; Daniel Arter; H.H. Hendrick ;W.R. Harris; Joseph C. Orth; J. Ambrose Wight; H. Bradley; |
| Date | 1856 |
| Type | Text |
| Format | pdf |
| Identifier | Finley Collection |
| Language | eng |
| Has Part | Outline map of Illinois; Railway gude to the Illinois Central Rail Road lands |
| Rights | See http://library.knox.edu/digitalcollections/rightsinfo.htm |
| Collection | Railroads in the Midwest, Early Documents and Images (Knox College) |
| Date Digital | 2009-10-19 |
| Physical Description | 64 p. : 2 maps ; 23 cm. |
| Filename | Farming_and_Wood_Lands_1856.pdf |
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