Scranton family papers, 1829-1940.

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Scranton family papers, 1829-1940.

The collection consists primarily of Scranton family papers collected via Charles and Selden T. Scranton by Edmund T. Lukens and preserved by his descendants. As such, they tend to focus on the enterprises in which these two brothers were actively involved, and coverage of the Lackawanna Iron & Coal Company and the DL & W drops off after 1861. The collection consists of about 6,800 pieces of inbound correspondence, plus 19 volumes and 3 maps, arranged according to the various enterprises.

17.7 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6738326

Hagley Museum & Library

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New York and Erie Railroad Company

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Chartered April 1832. From the description of Report of A.C. Morton, engineer of the Delaware Division, on the routes proposed for the New York & Erie Rail Road between Goshen and the mouth of Callicoon : manuscript, 1841 June 10. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58758123 ...

Henry, Joseph J. (Joseph James), 1834-1862.

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Nicholson, Horatio W., approximately 1817-

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Phelps, John J. (John Jay), 1810-1869

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Ligett's Gap Railroad Company.

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Oxford Building and Loan Association (N.J.)

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Henry, Eugene T. (Eugene Thomas), 1826-1883.

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Scrantons, Grant & Company.

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Scranton, George W. (George Whitfield), 1811-1861

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Scranton family.

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

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Phelps, Anson G. (Anson Greene), 1781-1853

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Businessman and philanthropist. From the description of Diary of Anson G. Phelps, 1806-1853. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067752 ...

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

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Blair, John Insley, 1802-1899

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Railroad magnate and philanthropist, of Blairstown, New Jersey. From the description of Papers, 1861-1873 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122602474 Capitalist, philanthropist, and railroad tycoon. From the description of John Insley Blair papers, 1830-1896. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 54347020 In the early 1860s Blair made trips to Iowa to explore possibilities for building railroads in Iowa. Through partnersh...

Lukens, Seth, -1870

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Loder, Benjamin, 1801-1876.

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Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company.

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Phelps, Dodge & Co.

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Phelps, Dodge & Co. was founded by Anson G. Phelps in 1834 as the successor to the firm of Phelps and Peck of New York City, the leading importer of metals in the U.S. The company imported metals, mainly tin, from Great Britain and distributed them throughout the U.S., and exported cotton to England. In addition to the metal trade, Phelps & Dodge invested in the lumber industry, brass, copper and iron manufacturing, iron mining, railroads, real estate, and banking. In 1883 the firm purch...

Henry, Mathew Schropp, 1790-1862

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Resident of Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Indian vocabulary of Mathew Schropp Henry, ca. 1850. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 71057462 Matthew Schropp Henry was a 19th century Indian language scholar. From the description of Delaware language-english dictionaries, 1859-1860. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122524240 From the description of Vocabularies of Indian languages: Klikatat and Kalapo...

Warren Railroad Company

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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...

Phelps, Stokes & Company.

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Renwick, Henry B. (Henry Brevoort), 1817-1895

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Henry family.

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Dodge, William E. (William Earl), 1805-1883

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Oxford Furnace (Oxford, N.J.)

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

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Scrantons & Platt.

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ARMSTRONG, EDWARD A.

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George W. & Selden T. Scranton (Firm)

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Analomink Forge (Analomink, Pa.)

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Drinker, Henry W. (Henry Waln), 1787-1866

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Jordan, John, 1808-1890.

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Henry, Jordan & Company.

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Lukens family.

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Delaware and Cobb's Gap Railroad Company

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Oxford Iron Company.

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Oxford Iron and Nail Company.

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Stokes, James, 1804-1881.

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Empire Steel and Iron Company

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William H. Howland & Company.

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Renwick, Edward S. (Edward Sabine), 1823-1912

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Howland, John Hicks, 1774-1849

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Platt, J. C. (Joseph Curtis), 1816-1887

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Ithaca & Owego Railroad Company.

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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...

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

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Henry, William, 1794-1878

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Susquehanna and Delaware Canal and Railroad Company

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Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company.

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Brevoort, Henry, 1782-1848

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Mattes, Philipp H., 1784-1870.

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Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Railroad Company

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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...

Cayuga and Susquehanna Railroad Company

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Lukens, Edmund T. (Edmund Taylor), 1848-1940

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The records consist of a large mass of personal and business manuscripts collected by Edmund T. Lukens. The majority represent various business enterprises started or dominated by the Scranton family, its relations by marriage, and their associates. George Whitfield Scranton was born on May 11, 1811, the eldest of seven children of Theophilus Scranton of Madison, Connecticut. In 1828, he emigrated to Belvidere, N.J., where he was first employed in a lumber business owned...

Henry, William, 1830-1889.

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Scranton, Erastus C. (Erastus Clark), 1807-1866

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Scranton, Charles, 1822-1888

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Howland, William H. (William Hazard), 1807-1865.

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