John Poor account of trip to Montreal, 1845
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Memorandum, Feb. 12, 1845, from Montreal by John Alfred Poor, 1808-1871, promoter of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad, in which he describes his trip to Montreal, undertaken during a blizzard, to secure the Portland to Montreal route for the railroad. His trip began on Feb. 5, 1845.