{
  "name": "Known then: Congress and the Pacific Railroad act, 1 July 1862",
  "desc": "Known then: card for the Pacific Railroad act of 1 July 1862; each item carries its source number from the article.",
  "lic": "CC BY 4.0",
  "lic_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "by": "Treaties & Tradeoffs",
  "url": "https://treatiesandtradeoffs.com/logistics/transcontinental-railroad/",
  "from": [],
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  "data_by": [
    "Act of 1 July 1862 (12 Stat. 489), read in The Union Pacific Railroad: Acts of Congress Relating Thereto (Boston, 1874), accessed 2026-11-02, US federal law, public domain"
  ]
}