Otis, Harrison G., 1765-1848 to George Ashmun
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02504.32 Author/Creator: Otis, Harrison G., 1765-1848 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 September 1839 Pagination: 1 p. : address ; 22.5 x 18.5 cm. Order a Copy
Otis, a former Massachusetts Congressman, declines an invitation from Massachusetts State Senator Ashmun, a member of the committee making arrangements for the Western Railroad Festival. Declares that the opening of the Western Railroad "is destined to have a more decisive and permanent bearing upon the prosperity of Massachusetts than all the measures of public improvement that have been adopted from its first settlement."
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