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... REPORT: THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS, TO WHOM WERE REFERRED A MEMORIAL OF SUNDRY CITIZENS OF INDIANA, PRAYING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NATIONAL RAILROAD FROM THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE COLUMBIA RIVER, AND THE MEMORIAL OF ASA WHITNEY...AND SUBMITTING A PROPO by [Pacific Railroad]: Breese, Sidney:
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Book description: Washington. 1846.. 51pp. Dbd. Bit tanned. Good. Lacks the map. An exhaustive review of the state of the project and all pertinent facts then known. Breese reports favorably in regard to the practicability of the proposed road; the power of Congress over the project; the effect of construction on public lands, manufacturing, agriculture, and mining; its use as a military highway connecting the nation; and lastly, the value of the project as a morale- buliding, unifying factor for the American public. Not all copies were issued with the map. 29th Congress, 1st Sess. Senate Doc. 466. HOWES B744. BRE, p.11.
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