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Documents relating to Asa Whitney's proposed railroad to Oregon

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Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1846-1847.
Call number: mssHM 4136
Creator: Whitney, Asa (1797-1872)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from P.K. Foley, September 1924.
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