...signer of the Declaration of Independence. At the close of the ceremony of breaking ground, Mr. Carroll said: " I consider this among the most important acts of my life, second only to that by many improvements made in the application of working power, an immense reduction in the cost of...

...Charles Carroll, inaugurate the building of the first American railroad. Carroll solemnly declared "I consider this among the most important acts of...that of signing the Declaration of Independence, if, indeed, second to that." 63 The railroad promised to be a moral machine that would promote public virtue...

...the first earth. As he laid aside the heavy spade the venerable gentleman said to one of his friends: “I consider this among the most important acts of my life, second only to my signing the Declaration of Independence, if even it be second to that.” 9 The grand master and...

...the Declaration of Independence, lifted the first shovelful of earth. He then looked to a friend and said: “I consider this among the most important acts of my life, second only to my signing of the Declaration of Independence, if even it be second to that.” Indeed, Charles Carroll's...

...Featherstonehaugh, writing from Scarborough, letter to General Theodore Sill, Albany, NY,i8 December 1826. 562.4 I consider this among the most important acts of my life, second only to my signing of the Declaration of Independence, if second even to that. Charles Carroll, then the sole...

...ninety years of age, and after performing the service, addressing himself to one of his friends, he said "I consider this among the most important acts of my life, second only to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, if even it be second to that." The first cars were...