$30,000 appropriation thing
also known as: $30,000 of the people's money, Thirty thousand dollars
Summary: Congressional appropriation for the electro-magnetic telegraph that Morse sought.
Completeness: 52/100 Grade D
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purchased
road survey and Indians' consent— 1825-01
cited from Freight was carried by pack animals until… (1891) · +1 morealso by
Niles Register. Fifteen thousand dollars worth
of merchandise from St. Louis, Missouri, was
delivered in Santa Fe in 1822, and the traffic
had increased to $120,000 in 1830, the year
in which the Las Cruces Republican claims
Hugh St…
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Freight was carried by pack animals until… ↗
1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details
In 1825 a party left Santa Fe in June and… ↗
1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details