. Book of the Royal blue . X V y. i 3WMT 41* , * _7Ll_ FAC-SIMILE OF BADGE WOEN IN THE GREAT CELEBRATIONON .lll V 1 182S AT BALTIMORE. the only surviving signer of the Declara-tion of Independence at that time, castthe first spadeful of dirt for the begin-ning of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroadon July 4, 1828, he said, I consider thisamong the important acts of my life,second only to that of signing theDeclaration of Independence, if secondto that. The history of this great AmericanPioneer which has just passed its threescore years and ten, reads like a story ofJules Vernes as to matters of wond
. Book of the Royal blue . X V y. i 3WMT 41* , * _7Ll_ FAC-SIMILE OF BADGE WOEN IN THE GREAT CELEBRATIONON .lll V 1 182S AT BALTIMORE. the only surviving signer of the Declara-tion of Independence at that time, castthe first spadeful of dirt for the begin-ning of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroadon July 4, 1828, he said, I consider thisamong the important acts of my life,second only to that of signing theDeclaration of Independence, if secondto that. The history of this great AmericanPioneer which has just passed its threescore years and ten, reads like a story ofJules Vernes as to matters of wonderfulproductions and inventions, continuingin advance with new ideas, inventionsand progressive ability. Opening the books of history from1827 until 1897, we find THE PIONEER RAILROAD.
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