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Title: Memorial of the Senators and Represenatives, and the Constitution of the State of Kansas
Date: 8156
Description: A collection of texts regarding the statehood of the Kansas territory.

Title: Steamboat Wharf Locations at St. Louis
Date: 1953
Description: This map, plotted out by Norbury Wayman, shows the various locations of steamboat lines and related companies on the St. Louis levee, detailing three periods of time; before 1865; 1865 - 1900; and 1900 - 1953. Lines and companies are donated by name, location and years of operation. Nearby streets are mapped as well, for easy frame of reference. Scale in feet: 100 ft. = 1 inch.

Title: Fourteenth Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association
Date: 1860-01-10
Description: This document contains the 1858 annual report for the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association and the 1858 ninth annual report of the Board of Directors of the Mercantile Library Hall Company. The cover is mislabeled stating the eighth, but the ninth is inside.

Title: Sermon Preached on the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of his Ordination as Pastor of the Second Church in Boston, Mass.
Date: 1859-12-05
Description: Sunday, Dec. 5, 1858. With an Appendix, printed in compliance with a vote of the pastor

Title: Thirteenth Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association
Date: 1859-01-11
Description: This document contains the thirteenth annual report of the board of directors of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association and the eighth annual report of the board of directors of the Mercantile Library Hall Company. It was compiled in January of 1859 for the year 1858.

Title: Ninth Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Pacific Railroad
Date: 1859
Description: 1859 annual report of the Pacific Railroad Company, an effort to build a railroad from St. Louis to the West.

Title: Report to the stockholders of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Company, November, 1859.
Date: 1859, 1859

Title: Complete Guide to the St. Louis Museum
Date: 1859
Description: This is a guide to the collections of the St. Louis Museum as of the year 1859. It is an update to the earlier catalog of 1856. It includes an introduction by the museum's curator John Bates, statements on the Zeuglodon skeleton excavated by Albert C. Koch, the contents of 51 cases of stuffed birds and other animals, lists of statues and paintings, and other miscellaneous holdings. There is also a statement about the two Egyptian mummies on display previously owned by Joseph Smith of Nauvoo, Illinois.

Title: The Central Pacific Railroad connecting the great cities of the Atlantic with San Francisco and Puget Sound...
Date: 1859, 1859
Description: description of the proposed route of the Central Pacific Railroad route.

Title: Charles Ferdinand (Carl) Wimar, Sketch for "The Buffalo Hunt"
Date: 1859
Description: Scene of Native Americans on horseback hunting bison, by Carl Wimar, ca. 1859, oil on canvas, 14.5 inches high by 28 inches wide.

Title: The Railroads of Missouri
Date: 1858-11
Description: Being A Series of Editorial Articles on This Subject From the Missouri Republican

Title: Flood at St. Louis, June 18, 1858
Date: 1858-06-18
Description: A photograph taken by Marine Co. documented the damage in St. Louis from a severe flood on June 18, 1858. The streets were completely covered in water and make-shift planks provided a safe walking platform for people to safely cross from boats to the semi-submerged buildings. Two people can be seen assessing the flood damage from the rooftop of the tallest building on the left of the photograph, while others on the right stand safely on the deck of a steamboat..

Title: Tree
Date: 1858-06-09
Description: Detailed drawing of a tree trunk, pencil on laid paper, signed J Gast June 9th 1858, 6 inches by 5 inches

Title: Fourth Annual Report of the Board of Directors to the Stockholders of the North Missouri Railroad
Date: 1858-05

Title: Fifty-Sixth Annual Report of the Board of Domestic Missions
Date: 1858-05
Description: Of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America

Title: Report on the Fire Departments of Cincinnati and St. Louis and the Use of Steam Fire Engines
Date: 1858-03
Description: Report detailing the benefits of steam fire engines, as well as the process of transitioning to using them as primary engines.

Title: Speech of Hon. J. Hickman, of Pennsylvania, in the House of Representatives, January 28, 1858
Date: 1858-01-28
Description: "Popular Sovereignty - The Will of the Majority Against the Rule of a Minority."

Title: Twelfth Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association
Date: 1858-01-12
Description: This document contains the 1858 annual report for the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association and the 1858 seventh annual report of the Board of Directors of the Mercantile Library Hall Company. There is also a fragment of Auguste Chouteau's Journal of the founding of St. Louis translated from the French by J. Givin Brown and J. Wilmer Stith.

Title: Riverfront Old Pix St. Louis Levee
Date: 1858 or 1859
Description: Boats in the picture (from left to right) are: Kate Sweeney, Federal Arch, and Belle Gould. Takes place in St. Louis Levee in 1858 or 1859.

Title: Report of the Twenty-Sixth Exhibition of American Manufactures.
Date: 1858, 1858
Description: Compiled articles detailing the state of various American manufacturing industries in American at the time of publication.

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