Rail-road meeting
Contributors: Heartt, Dennis, 1783-1870; Caldwell, Joseph, 1773-1835; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Railroads; Transportation; Planning
Other titles: Railroad meeting; The North Carolina experience, beginnings to 1940.
Description: This is the report of a meeting held by citizens from the counties of Chatham, Randolph, Guilford and Orange to draft a proposal to be sent to the North Carolina legislature regarding a central railroad.  Much of the meeting consisted of an address by Rev. Joseph Caldwell on the importance of improved transportation for North Carolina, to enable the state to compete with other states where railroads and other internal improvements in transportation were lowering costs and bringing prosperity. The group proposes building a railroad from a seaport to the capital, then to the western part of the state in order to facilitate the moving of agricultural and other products.
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This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection The North Carolina experience, beginnings to 1940.

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Transcribed from: Rail-road meeting. Hillsborough : D. Heartt, printer, 1828. 8 p. ; 21 cm. Caption title. "Chatham County, N.C. August 1, 1828" Signed at end: James Mebane, chairman; Dennis Heartt, secretary.

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