The Committee of both Houses on Railways and Canals, to whom was referred the petition of John F. Loring and others, for AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT A RAIL ROAD FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON TO THE TOWN OF LOWELL. ask leave to submit their Report. [Followed by]: An Act To establish the Boston and Lowell Rail Road Corporation. (Senate.21.).[Together with 2 other related reports.] (3 volumes).

(Boston and Lowell Rail Road Corporation); Lincoln, John W.

Published by [Boston, MA: Printed by Dutton and Wentworth], [1830]. [1830]., 1830

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[Boston, MA: Printed by Dutton and Wentworth], [1830]., [1830]. Very good. - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed self-wrappers. Once bound in with other similar pamphlets, these three related items are unbound and removed with stab marks along the left edges. The pagination is a follows: pages [1]-11, (1) & [13-21], [1]-8; and [1]-12. There is some scattered foxing throughout all three items. The cover page of the Senate No. 10 report dated December 15, 1829 is darkened & stained with minor chipping to the bottom corners of that page and of the last page. Very good. First edition, Massachusetts Senate No. 21. The report is signed on page 11 by John W. Lincoln, Chairman. The report is followed by the text of a bill entitled "An act to establish the Boston and Lowell Rail Road Corporation." The Boston and Lowell Railroad was the first major railroad in the state of Massachusetts. The Boston and Lowell Railroad was preceded by the Middlesex Canal. Converting the canal to a railroad would eliminate the issue of transportation being unavailable during the winter, when the canal froze. Patrick Tracy Jackson led the task of convincing the state legislature to fund the project. This proved difficult, as the investors of the Middlesex Canal were against building a new form of transportation designed to replace their canal. The report at hand details the protest of the directors of the Middlesex Canal against granting the petition of John F. Loring and others to construct a railroad in its place. Loring and the other investors received their charter on June 5, 1830 and the railroad began operations on June 24, 1835. The pamphlet is accompanied by an earlier February 12, 1830 pamphlet titled:"To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled. : The president, directors, and company of the Middlesex Canal, having seen the publication of the petition of John F. Loring, and others, for a rail road from Boston to Lowell, and the order of notice thereon, beg leave to present the following remonstrance to granting the prayer thereof." 12 pages. Signed page 12: Wm. Sullivan, Josh. Coolidge, Geo. Hallet, committee of directors of Middlesex Canal to this purpose duly authorized. House No. 40, printed by Dutton and Wentworth, 1830. In addition, an earlier pamphlet from 1829 is included: "Boston, December 15, 1829. To His Excellency Levi Lincoln, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts : Sir, On the behalf of the Commissioners of Internal Improvements, I have the honor to transmit herewith a report of a survey made in conformity to a resolve of the legislature, passed on the 12th day of June 1829, directing the Board to survey a route for a rail road from the town of Taunton, to some point in the route previously surveyed between Boston and Providence : with great consideration and respect, I am your humble and most obe't. serv't. Josiah J. Fiske, chairman." 8 pages. Signed on page 8: Josiah J. Fiske, Willard Phillips, James Hayward, Commissioners of the Board of Internal Improvements. Senate No. 10. Printed by Dutton and Wentworth. Seller Inventory # 99804

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Title: The Committee of both Houses on Railways and...

Publisher: [Boston, MA: Printed by Dutton and Wentworth], [1830]. [1830].

Publication Date: 1830

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition