Petition of Levi Cutter and 142 others, praying that an appropriation be made for a survey of the best route, and an estimate of the expense of a railroad from Portland to some point between Haverhill and Lancaster, on the Connecticut River ...

[Augusta, Maine] : [publisher not identified], [1838]

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Petition of Levi Cutter and 142 others to the Legislature of Maine requesting that an appropriation be made for a survey of the best route and an estimate of the cost of a railroad for approximately 100 miles, from Portland to some point between Haverhill and Lancaster on the Connecticut River. The petition includes information on several other states that have allocated resources for the construction of railroads. The petitioners note, "That they consider it of the utmost importance, to the prosperity of the State, that the facilities of intercourse with all parts of the country, should be so improved and extended, by roads, canals and railways, as to enable the agriculturalist, mechanic, manufacturer and merchant, to compete on equal terms with those engaged in like pursuit, in other portions of the Union, who, by natural or artificial means, hare been placed in a more favorable condition for the development of enterprise, and the successful prosecution of these various branches of industry."

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