Excerpt from The Western Journal, Vol. 3: Of Agriculture, Manufactures, Mechanic Arts, Internal Improvement, Commerce, and General Literature; October, 1849
I propose that Congress give to this Company, a strip of the Public Lands, 10 miles wide, on the North side of the Road, and the Land for the bed of the Road, and for Depots, and the right to take, from the Public Lands, Wood, Gravel, Stone, Iron, and other materials, necessary to construct the Road.
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