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WESTERN PORTRAITURE, AND EMIGRANT'S GUIDE; A Description of Wisconsin, Illinois
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WESTERN PORTRAITURE, AND EMIGRANT'S GUIDE; A Description of Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa, with Remarks on Minnesota, and Other Territories Decorative cloth - 1852

by Curtiss, Daniel S

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NY: J.H. Colton, 1852. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. pp: 351, (18) ads for Colton's maps, charts and books; large, engraved, folding map tipped in at back as issued. Blind-stamped green cloth, spine ends and tips rubbed. Gilt-stamped on the cover is the name, A. Sheldon Clark. 7.5" x 5" Endpaper signature of Edwin C. Bush, Pittsburgh, Pa, 1853. Did Bush emigrate to Wisconsin, using this book? In 1864, an Edwin C. Bush was elected a director of the Missouri & Western Union Telegraph Company as reported in the October 14 issue of the Janesville (Wisconsin) Daily Gazette. [Howes, U.S.iana C967. Sabin 18069. Decker 38:95].
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