Live auction - Lot 1085
[America - Railways]
"Divers rapports sur voyages en Amérique, année 1895", by Belgian businessmen acting as "agents diplomatiques et consulaires" for the Belgian Foreign Office.
€ 600 / 800
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Lot description
In good condition.
Documents in French and English (reports, letters, notes) by i.a. J. Brunner and Ch. Morresseau on North American and Canadian railway companies: 1. "Le voyage sur le Norfolk & Western [Railroad]", incl. typed or ms. letters (i.a. by D. Samuel "agent de change, Bruxelles"), list of government bonds, invoices (from companies in Philadelphia and New york), cuttings from newspapers. - 2. "Notre visite du Baltimore and Ohio [Railroad] et notre entretien avec son président" (typed, June 1895); "Affaires américaines" (typed, 39 pp.); "Notre voyage sur le Canadian Pacific et notre entretien avec son président à Montréal" (typed, June 1895, 8 pp.); "Rapport sur le chemin de fer Norfolk & Western" (110 pp.). - 3. "Mon voyage aux Etats-Unis" (typed draft with corrections, pp. 24-66 [?]).