Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1867 by S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
St. Louis, the metropolis of the district is the home of the Mercantile Trust Company and Mercantile National Bank, both members of the Federal Reserve Bank system. The combined deposits of these two institutions aggregate $32,169,674.84., Statement of responsibility: The Federal Reserve Bank with special reference to District No. 8 : the resources and chief products of the district / compiled and issued by Mercantile Trust Company and Mercantile National Bank.
Which Assembled in the City of St. Louis, on the Fifteenth of October, 1849. To Which is Prefixed the Proceedings of the Primary Meetings of the Citizens of St. Louis, Held Previous to the Meeting of Said Convention
This booklet treats briefly of the Federal Reserve Act, but it gives in detail facts and figures that show the vastness of the resources and the diversity of products of a great and growing section—this Eighth Federal Reserve District, including parts of Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and Mississippi.
Address of Thomas Allen of St. Louis, to the Board of Directors of the Pacific Railroad Company, At Their First Meeting. Also A Memorial to Congress, and the Act of Incorporation
Comprising: I. Sermon on Jesuit Instruction, by W. S. Potts II. Review of Dr. Potts' Sermon, by O. A. Brownson III. Reply to Brownson's Review by W. S. Potts
This collection consists of a group of photographs documenting the construction and eventual built environment of the Granite City Engineers' Depot, in Granite City, Illinois. Photographs include images of buildings, river engineering, road and wharf construction, and some high water pictures.
Editorials - 38; Killing the New York Barge Canal - By Gordon P. Gleason, 7; Deeper Channels in the Great Lakes - By Francis C. Shenehon, 13; Annual Convention of the Mississippi Valley Waterways Association - 17; Utilization of Our Navigable Waterways as an Economic Necessity - By John M. Parker,19; Water Transportation in the Mississippi Valley - By Hon. John H. Small, 21; The Reconstruction