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FILLMORE, Millard (1800-1874), President. Autograph letter signed ("Millard Fillmore") as President, to Nathaniel March, Washington, 5 May 1851. 1 page, 4to (10 x 7 15/16 in.), integral blank, tape repairs on verso, some soiling to margins.
PRESIDENT FILLMORE ATTENDS THE OPENING OF THE ERIE RAILROAD
The first railroad lines in America were completed in the 1830s and by 1850, the industry was booming: in the four year span from 1848 to 1852, track mileage doubled. In 1851, the Erie Railroad (originally called the New York & Erie Railroad) opened between Piermont on the Hudson River and Lake Erie. Its 547 miles of track made it the longest railroad in the world and provided a critical link between eastern cities and the expanding farms and markets of the midwest.
Here, the President responds to an invitation to attend the railroad's opening ceremonies: "I have your note...inviting me to attend the opening of the N.Y. & Erie R.R. on the 14th inst. and assuring me that there will be nothing political in the celebration." Fillmore, a native of New York, expresses his pleasure in accepting: "Feeling, as I do, a deep interest in the success of that noble enterprise, I am prepared to rejoice with those who rejoice in its completion, and...shall with great pleasure accept your invitation."
PRESIDENT FILLMORE ATTENDS THE OPENING OF THE ERIE RAILROAD
The first railroad lines in America were completed in the 1830s and by 1850, the industry was booming: in the four year span from 1848 to 1852, track mileage doubled. In 1851, the Erie Railroad (originally called the New York & Erie Railroad) opened between Piermont on the Hudson River and Lake Erie. Its 547 miles of track made it the longest railroad in the world and provided a critical link between eastern cities and the expanding farms and markets of the midwest.
Here, the President responds to an invitation to attend the railroad's opening ceremonies: "I have your note...inviting me to attend the opening of the N.Y. & Erie R.R. on the 14th inst. and assuring me that there will be nothing political in the celebration." Fillmore, a native of New York, expresses his pleasure in accepting: "Feeling, as I do, a deep interest in the success of that noble enterprise, I am prepared to rejoice with those who rejoice in its completion, and...shall with great pleasure accept your invitation."
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