Owen Lovejoy, Abolitionist in Congress, Volume 10Rutgers University Press, 1967 - 493 pages |
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Page 356
... railroads meant trade , indus- try , and profit , towns and states vied for railroad construction with generous concessions , including wide belts of land , to rail- road companies . In the next ten years , from 1850 to 1860 , twenty ...
... railroads meant trade , indus- try , and profit , towns and states vied for railroad construction with generous concessions , including wide belts of land , to rail- road companies . In the next ten years , from 1850 to 1860 , twenty ...
Page 357
... railroad . The Republican platform of 1860 had promised the con- tinental road as a boon to the economy . Lovejoy spoke on House Roll No. 364 , the Pacific railroad bill , on April 17 , 1862. He was , as he said , desirous of having ...
... railroad . The Republican platform of 1860 had promised the con- tinental road as a boon to the economy . Lovejoy spoke on House Roll No. 364 , the Pacific railroad bill , on April 17 , 1862. He was , as he said , desirous of having ...
Page 486
... Railroad in , 37 ; Wil- mot proviso and , 87 People's Pacific Railroad Company of Maine , 358 , 359 Peoria , Illinois , 40 , 115 , 164 , 217 ; elec- tion ( 1862 ) and , 361 , 362 , 366-67 , 368-69 , 370 Peoria Antislavery Society , 40 ...
... Railroad in , 37 ; Wil- mot proviso and , 87 People's Pacific Railroad Company of Maine , 358 , 359 Peoria , Illinois , 40 , 115 , 164 , 217 ; elec- tion ( 1862 ) and , 361 , 362 , 366-67 , 368-69 , 370 Peoria Antislavery Society , 40 ...
Contents
The Murder of Elijah P Lovejoy | 3 |
Was I to Bewray the Wanderer? | 25 |
Renovate the State1840 to 1844 | 52 |
Copyright | |
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