The Beloit and Mississippi Railroad Company was chartered in 1852, with a capital of three millions of dollars.

The evidence

• “Beloit and Mississippi Railroad is another thoroughfare passing through Rock county. This company was chartered in 1852, with a capital of three millions of dollars. At first the charier authorized the construction of the road from Racine through Janesville to the”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/03-rock-county.md, PDF p. 44 / book p. 26

  Guernsey, Orrin, and Josiah F. Willard, editors. History of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute. Janesville, Wis.: William M. Doty & Brother, 1856. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871593.

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