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Riding the Iron Horse into the Future of Regulation: The Contribution of Charles Francis Adams Jr.

Timothy J Fogarty

Charles F. Adams Jr. instigated the creation of the Massachusetts Railway Commission in 1869. This freestanding body sought to oversee the overall the operation of railroads in that state. This paper suggests that many of our current ideas about the process and content of commercial regulation were developed in the historical context.