Page 21., 01/05/1880-01/28/1880

File — Box: 1, Folder: 2

Identifier: 55792

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

(Folder 2) Contains the second folio of the scrapbook, pp.21-40.

Dates

01/05/1880-01/28/1880

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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): @ [Untitled, undated] "In Panama. - Gen. W.W. Wright has arrived at Panama...Their work is to examine and verify previous surveys... and make such additional surveys as are deemed necessary to determine where the canal shall be built." @ [Untitled, 1/28/1880] "We regret that circumstances have postponed the appearance of any report of the breakfast given some days ago at the "Garden of Paradise," by Dr. Antonio Ferro, Colombian Delegate to Mr. de Lesseps and his colleagues in the work of Isthmus surveys." @ [Insert Side 1, Item 1] What Mr. Dirks Proposes to Do with the Chagres River (The World, 1/6/1880). Jacob Dirks was the Dutch delegate at the May 1879 international congress on canals. Builder of the Amsterdam Canal. @ [Insert Side 1, Item 2] Another Isthmus Railroad. Rosy News from Tehuantepec of the Newest Interoceanic Enterprise. "Mr. Edward Learned has been elected President of the Tehuantepec Interoceanic Railroad Company. @ [Insert Side 2] On the Isthmus - The Contempt and Dislike Felt Towards the United States in Colombia - A French Protectorate Preferred to Any American Interference (The World, 1/5/1880).

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

WRIGHT, WILLIAM W.: ARRIVAL IN PANAMA P.21: Printed Item

FERRO, ANTONIO: RECEPTION FOR LESSEPS P.21: Printed Item

DIRKS, JACOB RE CHAGRES RIVER P.21: Printed Item

TEHUANTEPEC INTEROCEANIC RAILROAD P.21: Printed Item

LEARNED, EDWARD & TEHUANTEPEC RAILROAD P.21: Printed Item

COLOMBIA RE US: FRENCH PROTECTORATE PREFERRED P.21: Printed Item

CHAGRES RIVER: PROPOSAL OF JACOB DIRKS P.21: Printed Item