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Massachusetts. General Court. Committee on Railways and Canals
A Massachusetts legislative committee rather than an individual author, this body helped shape some of the state's early public record on railroads, canals, and transportation policy. Its reports capture a moment when rail travel was still new and the rules around it were being actively debated.
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Minority Report of the Committee on Railways in Relation to the Hoosac Tunnel and the Railroads Leading Thereto With a bill to incorporate the State Board of Trustees of the Hoosac Tunnel Railroad; also the speech delivered by Hon. E. P. Carpenter in the Senate of Massachusetts, June 3, 1873, in support of the same
by Massachusetts. General Court. Committee on Railways and Canals
About the author
Massachusetts. General Court. Committee on Railways and Canals was a committee of the Massachusetts legislature, not a single named writer. It appears as the corporate author on a range of 19th-century reports, legislative documents, and annual compilations connected to railroads in Massachusetts.
Its publications include annual reports on railroad corporations and committee reports on questions such as railroad regulation, financing, public use, and major infrastructure projects. Library and catalog records show these works appearing across the 1830s through later decades of the 19th century, reflecting the period when Massachusetts was rapidly building out its rail network.
Because this is a government committee, individual documents were often drafted or signed by particular legislators, including committee chairs or reporting members. That means the name on the title page represents an official public body whose job was to investigate issues, hear petitions, and report recommendations back to the General Court.