MEMORIAL OF HENRY O'RIELLY CONCERNING MILITARY HIGHWAYS OR "STOCKADE ROUTES" FOR PROTECTING TRAVELERS AND SETTLERS, FACILITATING MAIL AND TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATION THROUGH VAST INTERIOR TERRITORIES...
1858 · Washington
by O'Rielly, Henr
Washington, 1858. 16,2pp. Modern half morocco and cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Very good. 35th Cong., 1st session. An interesting memorial relating to establishing protected overland mail routes, a telegraph line to the Pacific, and related issues of railroad communication in the western states. The final two pages comprise a Memorial by Henry O'Rielly, John J. Speed, and Tal. P. Shaffner, concerning the completion of telegraph lines to Fort Laramie and Salt Lake (Inventory #: WRCAM26994)