GOETHALS, George Washington T.L.S. by the chief engineer of the Panama Canal, and later governor of the Canal Zone to the Clerk of the Committee on Appropriations of the US Congress. "Isthmian Canal Commission" letterhead, 1 pg., 4to (tape stains in upper corners). Culebra, Canal Zone (Panama). Sep. 22, 1911. 1858-1928 "...It appears that Mr. Smith sent the estimates to the office by a special messenger before eight o'clock on a Sunday morning. This messenger delivered them to a messenger in the office without stating they were urgent, and it did not dawn upon this messenger (an American negro by the way) that a package...contained anything of importance..."" Price: USD 900.00 other currencies   order no. 5225    inquire

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