The Commerce and navigation of the valley of the Mississippi : and also that appertaining to the city of St. Louis : considered, with reference to the improvement, by the general government, of the Mississippi River and its principal tributaries : being a report, prepared by authority of the delegates from the city of St. Louis, for the use of the Chicago convention of July 5, 1847.

The Commerce and navigation of the valley of the Mississippi : and also that appertaining to the city of St. Louis : considered, with reference to the improvement, by the general government, of the Mississippi River and its principal tributaries : being a report, prepared by authority of the delegates from the city of St. Louis, for the use of the Chicago convention of July 5, 1847.

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Imprint:	[Missouri? : s.n., 1847?] (St. Louis : Chambers & Knapp)
Description:	32 p. ; 21 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature ; 35280.17. Making of the modern economy
Subject:	Commerce. Inland navigation. Navigation. Inland navigation -- United States. Mississippi River Valley -- Commerce. Mississippi River -- Navigation. Mississippi River. Mississippi River Valley. United States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5960452

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Other authors / contributors:	Allen, Thomas, 1813-1882. Harbor and River Convention (1847 : Chicago, Ill.)
Notes:	Signed: Tho. Allen, chairman. Also filmed as item no. 35280.17. Reproduction of original from Seligman Collection, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University. Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements.

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