Abraham Lincoln7 January 1862
Lincoln signs the Pacific Railway Act supporting a transcontinental railroad
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Lincoln signs the Pacific Railway Act supporting a transcontinental railroad
Lincoln signs the Pacific Railway Act supporting construction of the first transcontinental railroad
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