Document discussing the prospect of building a railroad across the State of Illinois between the cities of Springfield and Alton. Also includes the charter of the Springfield and Alton Railroad Company.
Also the thirteenth annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of Illinois. Held in Paris, October 15 to 19, 1857, with reports and statistical tables.
Assembled at Hannibal. Addressed to the People of the Counties of St. Charles, Lincoln, Pike, Ralls, Marion, Lewis & Clark, in the States of Missouri; the People of the City of St. Louis; and the People of the City of Keokuk, in the State of Iowa. Report about the early construction of the Mississippi Valley Railroad