Item #78854 The Palimpsest - Volume 20 Number 5 - May 1939. John Ely Briggs.

The Palimpsest - Volume 20 Number 5 - May 1939

Iowa City: The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1939. Staple-bound. Very Good. Item #78854

Clean except for light foxing on top edges; soft cover short creases at spine ends and corners, but is otherwise excellent. 40pp. Articles by Benjamin F. Shambaugh on the top of the founding of Iowa City: "This Town"; "The Territorial Capital Is Named"; "Midnight Ride of Philip Clark"; "Selection of a Beautiful Site"; "The Sale of Town Lots"; "A Plan for the Capitol", "John F. Rague: Architect"; and "Iowa City Lost and Won"

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