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Illinois Central Land Grants Down the Line
Stuyvesant Fish argues to defend railroad land grants as essential to westward progress. He refutes the Sept 2 1899 Investor piece claiming waste, tracing pre 1850 land grants, the 1850 act for Illinois Mississippi Alabama, and the Illinois Central charter. He cites wartime use, public benefit, and regional growth metrics to defend the policy and its lasting value.
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United States
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central Railroad
Sept. Zool
Fish
Illinois Central
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Congress
Tavery
Ilinois
Illinois
Iowa Territory
Iowa
Des Moines
Mississippi
Alabama
Chicago
Mobile
Ilinois Central
LaSalle
Galena
Nouthern
Cairo
Dubuque
Trigois
Central Railroad
Baie
Ohio River
Ilindis
Missisippi
Tlinois Central
Sioux City
Sions City
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Mobile and Ohio
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad
Iillinois
Cook County
Stephen A. Douglas
Clay
Seward
Benton
Shields
Mississippi River