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Title: Archive of ten manuscript documents relating to a proposed Matanzas - Sabanilla railway line extension to a sugar refinery "Ojo de Agua" Author: ** Place: Cuba Publisher: Date: 1843 Description: Ten ink manuscript documents in Spanish, comprising 37 pages in all. 31x22 cm. (12¼x8¾") or smaller. Documents relating to the building of an extension of the Matanzas-Sabanilla railway line in northern Cuba to the Ojo de Agua sugar refinery, with discussion of the difficulties, costs, benefits, etc., including the positive effects on defense capabilities in repelling any attempted invasion. Two of the documents are signed by Jerónimo Valdés (1784–1855), a Spanish military figure and administrator who served as governor of Cuba from 1841 to September 1843. Partial translations of the documents are available. Lot Amendments Condition: Some darkening and bleed-through, very good. Item number: 233664