Journal of the Proceedings of the General Railroad Convention, Held at Springfield, August 24th and 25th, 1852.
New Haven: T.J. Stafford, Printer, 1852. 24 pp. Sm. 8vo. Disbound. First edition. To avoid ruinous rate wars, railroads began to collude in earnest in the 1850s, the first recorded meeting being that of the New England railroad companies in the winter of 1850-1851, followed then by this general railroad..... More