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Asa Sprague was a stagecoach turned railroad investor. At the time he was mentioned in Harriet Weed's letter to Frances Miller Seward, on June 16, 1835, Sprague's first wife Maria Britten and the mother of his children had died. In 1840, he remarried, to a woman named Esther Hughes. The stagecoach business and railroad businesses he owned were lucrative. The stagecoach business spanned from Albany to Buffalo. The railroad connected Auburn, Rochester, and Syracuse.

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Biography: 
Asa Sprague was a stagecoach turned railroad investor. At the time he was mentioned in Harriet Weed's letter to Frances Miller Seward, on June 16, 1835, Sprague's first wife Maria Britten and the mother of his children had died. In 1840, he remarried, to a woman named Esther Hughes. The stagecoach business and railroad businesses he owned were lucrative. The stagecoach business spanned from Albany to Buffalo. The railroad connected Auburn, Rochester, and Syracuse.
Citation Type: 
Unpublished Manuscript
Book or Monograph Title: 
The Sprague Family
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Alexander Gundel
Year: 
2014
Citation Notes: 
https://sprague.one-name.net/getperson.php?personID=I38928&tree=Sprague#cite1
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Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
https://sprague.one-name.net/getperson.php?personID=I38928&tree=Sprague
Title of Webpage: 
The Sprague Project
Website Viewing Date: 
Friday, February 11, 2022 - 16:15
Website Last Modified Date: 
Friday, February 11, 2022 - 16:15
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Darrin Lythgoe
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
https://sprague.one-name.net/getperson.php?personID=I38928&tree=Sprague
Title of Webpage: 
The Sprague Project
Website Viewing Date: 
Friday, February 11, 2022 - 16:15
Website Last Modified Date: 
Friday, February 11, 2022 - 16:15
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Darrin Lythgoe