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Omaha Jan 27th 1864 T.C. Durant Esq Dear Sir I send you by Express to day two profiles - the first from the North Line of Omaha Township through Florence and across the Dividing Ridge near the Head of Little Pappilon to its intersection with the Northern Route in Section 34, Town 18 N. Range 11 East - The other from Paddocks Grove or Section 27 town 15 Range 12 East up the Pappilon Creek to the intersection with the Northern Line in Section 8 - town 17 Range 11 East - The ground back of Florence is so high and so broken that I send you the profile merely to show you the comparative elevation, this Line starts from same base as Omaha line - it has been run with care and I think can not materially be improved, it is of course out of the comparison -
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Omaha Jan 27th 1864 T.C. Durant Esq Dear Sir I send you by Express to day two profiles - the first from the North Line of Omaha Township through Florence and across the Dividing Ridge near the Head of Little Pappilon to its intersection with the Northern Route in Section 34, Town 18 N. Range 11 East - The other from Paddocks Grove or Section 27 town 15 Range 12 East up the Pappilon Creek to the intersection with the Northern Line in Section 8 - town 17 Range 11 East - The ground back of Florence is so high and so broken that I send you the profile merely to show you the comparative elevation, this Line starts from same base as Omaha line - it has been run with care and I think can not materially be improved, it is of course out of the comparison -
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