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Executive Mansion,
Washington, January 12, 1864.
In pursuance of the eleventh section of the act of congress entitled “An Act to aid in the construction of a Railroad and Telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for Postal, Military, and other purposes” Approved July 1, 1862, the point where the line of the Central Pacific Railroad crosses Arcade creek in the Sacramento valley is hereby fixed as the western base of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Jan 12th 1864
Fixing Base of Sierra Nevada Mountains at Arcade Creek
Citation: Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), autograph document signed. Washington, D.C., 12 January 1864. AMs 527/17.1