Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Lake Michigan” in chapter 9 of William H. Herndon, Jesse William Weik, Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, Etiam in minimis major, The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln by William H. Herndon, for twenty years his friend and Jesse William Weik:
...rought together by thirteen hundred miles of iron rails.
Every river and stream of the least importance was to be widened, deepened, and made navigable.
A canal to connect the Illinois River and Lake Michigan was to be dug, and thus the great system was to be made commensurate with the wants of the people.
To effect all these great ends, a loan of twelve million dollars was authorized before the sessio...
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