February 2, 1859
Wright, Augustus Romaldus, 1813-1891
Printed document
Title: "Distribution of Public Lands"
Speech given by Rep. Augustus Wright in the House of Representatives on the 'distribution of the public lands.' According to the speech, the government held about a billion acres of land at the time. Wright believed that the best candidates for the acquisition of the land were individual farmers who would settle and work the land themselves, rather than corporations or prospectors.
GLC02691.11.004