Records, 1856-1899 [microfilm].

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Records, 1856-1899 [microfilm].

The records are selected microfilm and xerox copies from a larger body of Coal Department records at the Lackawanna County Historical Society, 232 Monroe Avenue, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18510.

12 reels of microfilm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6699757

Hagley Museum & Library

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Storrs, Arthur H. b. 1862.

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Nanticoke Coal and Iron Company.

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Truesdale, William H. (William Haynes), 1851-1935

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Oxford Iron Company.

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Storrs, William H. b. 1854.

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Dillon, Sidney, 1812-1892

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Jessup, William Huntting, 1830-1902

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Dickson, Thomas, 1824-1884

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Crane Iron Company.

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Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Company

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McClintock, Andrew T. 1810-1892.

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Phelps, John C. (John Case), 1825-1892

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Sloan, Samuel, 1817-1907

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Loomis, E. E. 1865?-1937.

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Greenwood Coal Company.

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Robert, Christopher R. (Christopher Rhinelander), 1802-1878

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Holden, Edwin R., b. ca. 1830.

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Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company

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The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R. Co. was headquartered at 49 Wall St., New York, N.Y. It had many local stations, including one in New Milford, Pa. D. W. Hagen was an agent at the New Milford Station in the 1870s. From the description of Receipt book, 1853-1862, 1875-1888. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 261228863 The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad was one of the largest and most prosperous anthracite mining and transporting co...

Taylor, Moses, 1806-1882

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Moses Taylor (1806-1882), an American banker, president of the City Bank in New York since 1855. He dabbled in railroads, public utilities, and helped the Lincoln administration finance the Civil War. From the description of Papers of Moses Taylor, 1857-1881 (bulk 1869-1881). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122443897 Moses Taylor (1806-1882) was a little-known but representative figure in the history of the mercantile and in...

New York, Ontario, and Western Railway Co.

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The New York, Ontario and Western Railway Company was organized in the late 19th century; its purpose was to provide railroad service in New York State between Lake Ontario and the Adirondack Mountains. By the 1950's, recession and modernization costs drove the company into serious debt. On October 10, 1957, the Interstate Commerce Commission reported the approval of the abandonment of the rail-line and thus closed the terminal facilities at Oswego, New York. From the description of ...

New York, Susquehanna, and Western Railroad Company.

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Central Railroad Company of New Jersey.

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Scranton, Joseph H. (Joseph Hand), 1813-1872

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Phelps, George D. (George Dwight), 1804-1872

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Scranton, Selden T. (Selden Theophilus), 1814-1891

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New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company

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Born 1 Feb. 1885 in Johnstown, Pa. Moved with family to Buffalo shortly after the Johnstown flood of 1889. When his parents died, he became the ward of his brother-in-law, C. George Hyde, who apprenticed him to the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad in 1902. From the description of Apprenticeship papers of John P. Loewer, 1902 May 5. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 44271315 Railroad company formed from a consolidation of the New York Central Railroad ...

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company. Coal Dept.

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The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company was one of the largest and most prosperous anthracite mining and transporting companies in Pennsylvania. The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania on April 7, 1832, as the Liggetts Gap Railroad Company. Its name was changed to the Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company on April 14, 1851, and to the DL&W Railroad Company on March 11, 1853, at which time it absorbe...

Mattes, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1819-1895

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Philip Heinrich (or Henry) Mattes was born on February 20, 1795, the son of German immigrants John Casper Mattes (1754-1809) and Wilhelmina Dorothea Eberle (d. 1846). He studied theology and became a licensed preacher in 1807, but later changed professions for health reasons. From the 1840s-1860s, he worked for the Bank of Pennsylvania and the Easton Gas and Water Company in Easton, Pennsylvania. Mattes married Catherine Herster on May 21, 1809, and their seven children who lived to...

Storrs, William R. (William Read), 1824-1905

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Brisbin, John, 1818-1880

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Lehigh Valley Railroad Company

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The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company on April 21, 1846, the name being changed on Jan. 7, 1853. It was one of the major anthracite railroads and formed a secondary trunk line between Jersey City, N.J., and Buffalo, N.Y. The railroad's original function was to serve as an outlet from the Lehigh Anthracite Region to tidewater by building along the Lehigh River from Mauch Chu...

Albright, Joseph J. (Joseph Jacob), 1811-1888

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Pyne, Percy R. (Percy Rivington), 1820?-1895

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Banker of NYC; born 1820? in London, England and came to the United States in 1835. Partner in Moses Taylor & Co., 1849-82; director, Nat. City Bank, 1869-91, president from 1882-81. From the description of Diary, [19--]. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58774270 ...

Archbald, James, 1793-1870

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James Archbald was born in Ayrshire, Scotland on March 3, 1793 and at the age of fourteen, immigrated to America with his parents. In 1817 he became a contractor on the Erie Canal and worked with John Jervis. Jervis appointed Archbald as an engineer on the Delaware and Hudson Canal which opened in 1828. He became the superintendent of works and played a prominent role in the engineering of the gravity railroad and in coal mining operations. In 1848 he was hired by the Pennsylvania Coal Company t...

Delaware and Hudson Canal Company

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Moses Taylor Hospital (Scranton, Pa.).

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