Page 9., 10/20/1879-10/23/1979

File — Box: 1, Folder: 1

Identifier: 55783

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

(Folder 1) Contains the first folio of the scrapbook, pp.1-20. Pages 1a and 1b are blank.

Dates

10/20/1879-10/23/1979

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Contains news item(s) bearing the following headline(s) (columns reading from left to right): @ General W.W. Wright...gives...a comparison between the Panama and Nicaragua inter-oceanic projects." (Philadelphia Press, 10/23/1879). @ Isthmus Routes - Commodore Shufeldt on the Tehuantepec Railroad Project - Canals Not Desirable.... - Nicaragua VS. Panama - The Rival Canal Projects Compared by General W.W. Wright... (New York Herald, 10/20/1879). Continued pp.10-12. Robert Shufeldt led the 1870 expedition called for by US President Ulysses S. Grant to explore an interoceanic canal route in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in south Mexico between the Gulf of Tehuantepec and the Gulf of Campeche. Wright advocated the Panama route.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

WRIGHT, WILLIAM W. RE PANAMA VS NICARAGUA ROUTES P.9-12: Printed Item

NICARAGUA ROUTE P.9-12: Printed Item

PANAMA ROUTE P.9-12: Printed Item

SHUFELDT, ROBERT RE TEHUANTEPEC EXPEDITION 1870 P.9-12: Printed Item

TEHUANTEPEC EXPEDITION P.9-12: Printed Item