Western Railroad Corporation filings, 1836-1874 (bulk 1836-1849).

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Western Railroad Corporation filings, 1836-1874 (bulk 1836-1849).

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St 1833, c 116 established the Western Railroad Corporation and authorized it to lay out and construct a railroad from the western termination of the Boston and Worcester Railroad to the western boundary of Massachusetts in the direction of the Hudson River. The state secretary maintained the corporation's filings for the Commonwealth.

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