Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864].
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Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864].
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
1953.
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"Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln7. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
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Appointment of Richard W. Thompson as Commissioner to Examine Union Pacific Railroads1Jump to section
Executive Mansion, July 27th 1864.
By virtue of the authority vested in the President of the United States, by the sixth section of an act entitled ``an act to amend an act entitled `an act to aid in the construction of a Rail road and Telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military and other purposes' '' approved July 2d 1864:
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Richard W. Thompson, of Indiana, is hereby appointed a Commissioner, to examine the road or roads authorized by said acts to be constructed by the ``Union Pacific Rail road Company,'' and the ``Union Pacific Rail road Company, Eastern division,'' and make report to him in relation thereto as contemplated and specified by said acts. ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Annotation
[1] DS, DNA NR RG 48, Department of Interior, Lands and Railroads Division, Union Pacific Railroad Company, Package 239. The act authorized appointment of three commissioners, but this is the only appointment which has been discovered.