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Collection Reference Number GLC02145.37
From Archive Folder Texana: documents, many relating to Thomas Ward & archives war 
Title Thomas J. Rusk to Thomas Ward congratulating Ward on his appointment as consul to Panama
Date 12 June 1853
Author Rusk, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson) (1803-1857)  
Recipient Ward, Thomas W. (Thomas William)  
Document Type Correspondence; Government document
Content Description Also mentions possibility of running a Pacific railroad through Texas.
Subjects Texas  Government and Civics  Latin and South America  Global History and Civics  Diplomacy  American West  Railroad  Transportation  Westward Expansion  
People Rusk, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson) (1803-1857)  
Place written Nacogdoches, Texas
Theme Government & Politics; Westward Expansion
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859