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- GLC#
- GLC05530
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 26 May 1818
- Author/Creator
- Crawford, William Harris, 1772-1834
- Title
- [Letter to a newspaper on how government can help fund internal improvements]
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 25.2 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- The First Age of Reform
Writes about a resolution passed at the last session of Congress stating that "all companies or incorporations associated for opening roads & making canals which they may respectively concure, require & deserve the aid of the government ... " These companies may provide the Treasury with information about their ventures in order to receive patronage from the government. Goes on to detail the exact information necessary to submit a claim. Written as Secretary of the Treasury.
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