To the Senate and House of Representatives : Herewith I transmit a communication from Governor Andrew of Massachusetts in relation to a concert of the states receiving land scrip from the government of the United States for the endowment of agricultural colleges for the disposition of the same.

At head of title: Executive Department, Augusta, February 27, 1864

[Maine] : Stevens & Sayward, Printers to the State, [1864]

1 online resource (4 pages).

Document (Maine. Legislature. House of Representatives) ; 43rd Legislature, 1864, no. 14.

"State of Maine. House of Representatives, February 27, 1864. On motion of Mr. Farwell of Rockland, laid on the table and 350 copies ordered to be printed ..."--Page 4.
On February 27, 1864, Maine Governor Cony sent the Maine Legislature a letter of February 10, 1864 from Governor Andrew of Massachusetts regarding the management of public land scrip. After the Civil War, Congress decided to give public land scrip to the states, the sales of which would fund "the education of the industrial classes," especially agricultural colleges. States without federal public lands within their boundaries would have to sell their scrip in the open market. This would drive the price down, so Governor Andrew proposed that states in that position would agree to sell their scrip for $1.05 per acre, slightly below the standard price of $1.25. As a group, the states would hire agents to work in the eastern port cities to sell the paper.

Online resource; title from PDF salutation and first paragraph (LLMC Digital, viewed June 27, 2024).

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