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Paperback. Condición: Fair. 1856 paperback periodical "Devoted to Agriculture, Manufactures, Mechanic Arts, Internal Improvement, Commerce, Public Policy, and Polite Literature." Includes in-depth articles on polar sea exploration, on cotton consumption in the American West, and the the economic development around St. Louis, Missouri. 1/2" chipping at corners, diffuse wear, adn some age staining. All interior pages are age spotted but remain easily legible.…

Audio Book (Cassette). Condición: Good. Original publisher's brown paper wrappers. Black lettering printed on front cover. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4." Pages 71-140, complete. Pages are intact overall but have light soiling, age toning, spots of foxing and staining (some pages have it more so than others), and a large dampstain that is very noticeable at the tops of front pages until about Page 74, after which it fades considerably. Covers are intact overall but have chipping and splitting along spine, chipped corners, light soiling, moderate darkening, several dampstains and spots of discoloration, and former owner's signature in black ink at top on front. A Good copy. This is the February 1849 (Vol. II, No. II) issue of the Western Journal, a monthly magazine that promoted agriculture and the mechanic arts. Front cover reads, "Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts are the basis of Civilization." As noted in the title, the magazine also featured a variety of other subjects including manufacturing, internal improvement (infrastructure projects), commerce, and general literature. This issue contains six main articles, "Commercial Statistics," "Steamboat Statistics," and "Miscellaneous." The main articles are titled as follows: "St. Louis--Its Early History," "Bon Harbor--Its Advantages for Manufacturing," "Commerce of the East," "Free Trade," "Cultivation of Grapes in Missouri," and "Sheep Husbandry." The articles are on Pages 71-131. The remaining pages comprise the rest of the magazine's features. "Commercial Statistics" show numerical figures for St. Louis imports, exports, and monthly prices of tobacco, flour, wheat, corn, hemp, and lead over the last five years. Among the imports are bacon, beef, barley, beeswax, corn, coffee, cotton, flour, fish, molasses, pork, salt, sugar, tobacco, wheat, and whisky. Among the exports are bacon, buffalo robes, corn, flour, hemp, lard, oats, oil, pork, rye, shot, deer skins, flax seed, tallow, tobacco, and wool. "Steamboat Statistics" show the number of steamboat arrivals and associated tonnage in St. Louis from 1846-1848 among other steamboat-related data. "Miscellaneous" contains a variety of information such as the quantity of lumber, coal, wood, and hay received in 1848; St. Louis revenue statement from 1817-1848; quantity of public land in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Oregon, California, and New Mexico; annual report of the state of finances in the United States; coinage at the U.S. Mint; cotton mills at Cannelton, Indiana; and new periodicals. Much of the information after the articles is relatively brief; some parts are only about a paragraph or a few lines long.…

Paperback. Condición: Brand New. 545 pages. 8.27x5.83x1.11 inches. In Stock.