The Missouri Hand-Book: Embracing a Full Description of the State of Missouri

Nathan H Parker

Saint Louis [Mo.] : P.M. Pinckard, 1865

[Missouri during the Civil War: Includes a large section on the Emancipation of Slaves] Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover.  Solid binding and cover. Pages are generally clean, unmarked pages, with the exception of spotting to the maps and title page and a faint stain at the bottom spine margin.  162, [6] pages, 2 folding maps of Missouri.  Sabin 58725.  Early signature of Emory Gilpin. Subtitle: "Her agricultural, mineralogical and geological character; her water courses, timber lands, soil and climate; the various railroad lines completed, in progress and projected, with the distances on each; and description of each county in the state; the Emancipation ordinance, important facts concerning free Missouri. Information for capitalists and immigrants respecting the location of valuable mines and mineral lands; the selection and entry of government lands; the homestead law; grape culture, stock raising, &c., &c."