Argument of Mr. Franklin B. Gowen Before the Committee on Railroads of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania: Upon the Bill Presented by Mr. Hulings, of Venango County, to Prevent Unjust Discrimination by Railroad Companies, delivered in the Hall of the House of Representatives, Harrisburg, February 13th, 1883
by Gowen, Franklin Benjamin
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Philadelphia: Allen, Lane & Scott's Printing House, 1883. Pamphlet. Very Good -. 32 p.; 23 cm. Brown wrapper printed in black. Franklin Benjamin Gowen (1836-1889) served as president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad from 1870 to 1884 and again briefly in 1886. During his presidency, he was responsible for the railroad illegally running its own mining operations and for violent and indiscriminate attacks on the Molly Maguires and mineworkers in general. In this speech, Gowen argued against aspects of a bill to control railroad freight discrimination, proposed by Willis James Hulings (1850-1924), representative from Venango County in the Pennsylvania legislature. The text of the bill in included here; it was enacted. Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: minor loss over lower spine; wrapper lightly soiled; dampstain at lower edge of final 3 leaves and back wrapper; one vertical creased throughout; otherwise, clean and solid.
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- Argument of Mr. Franklin B. Gowen Before the Committee on Railroads of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania: Upon the Bill Presented by Mr. Hulings, of Venango County, to Prevent Unjust Discrimination by Railroad Companies, delivered in the Hall of the House of Representatives, Harrisburg, February 13th, 1883
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- Gowen, Franklin Benjamin
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- Pamphlet
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- Allen, Lane & Scott's Printing House
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1883
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- Transportation; Law; American History; Pennsylvania;
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