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Seth Cotlar
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I would just like to say that John Fanning Watson, the historian from "the olden days" who is the subject of this article that Soledad O'Brien is kindly promoting for me, would be totally fascinated by what's happening right now.
In 1829, Watson and his friend Deborah Norris Logan were sitting around in Deborah's house talking about the wonders of "modern improvements." They decided that while such things had advantages, ultimately "Canals and Rail-roads were almost overdone." Now do Twitter.
In 1830 there were 30 total miles of railroad tracks in the nation. That's not a typo. By 1860 there were 28,920. Nailed it Watson, nailed it.
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