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HISTORY OF THE GRANGE MOVEMENT; OR, 



In addition to the above grants, the General Govern- 

 ment has granted to the various Pacific railways im- 

 mense tracts of land, making these grants direct to the 

 companies. It has granted to the Central and Union 

 Pacific Railroads a total of 35,000,000 acres, of which 

 only 544,759 had been certified up to January, 1872. 

 To the Northern Pacific road it has given 58,000,000 of 



