Minute book, 1831-1841.

Girard, Stephen, 1750-1831

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Charles Nicoll Bancker was a merchant and financier. From the guide to the Charles Nicoll Bancker family papers, 1733-1894, 1733-1894, (American Philosophical Society) Stephen Girard was a merchant, banker, and philanthropist. From the description of Papers, 1769-1831. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 17270776 Philadelphia banker and philanthropist. From the description of LS : Philadelphia, to John Curwen, 1802 S...

Philadelphia and Sunbury Railroad Company

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Lea, Isaac, 1792-1886

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Charles Lucian Bonaparte was a naturalist and ornithologist. From the guide to the Correspondence, 1824-1855, from American scientists, 1824-1855, (American Philosophical Society) Isaac Lea, a scientist and member of the American Philosophical Society, was the father of Henry Charles Lea. From the description of Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1881. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122621761 Isaac Lea was a geologist and p...

Toland, Robert, 1793-1848

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Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.

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In 1833, the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company (P & R) was established to serve the burgeoning anthracite coal industry and its customers throughout southeastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. The railroad also supported iron making, canal and sea-going transportation, and shipbuilding, establishing itself as a transportation industry giant for over a century. During the American Industrial Revolution, the P & R provided trackage to the most densely industrialized parts...

Montgomery, Daniel, 1765-1831

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Biddle, Thomas, 1776-1857

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Thomas Biddle married Christine Williams, the daughter of Jonathan and Marianne Alexander Williams. Christine Williams Biddle's brother, Henry Jonathan Williams married Julia Rush, the daughter of Benjamin and Julia Stockton Rush. From the description of Family papers, 1769-1954. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 78972526 ...

Rawle, Francis W. (Francis William), 1795-1881

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Mount Carbon Railroad Company.

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Newkirk, Matthew, 1794-1868

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Danville and Pottsville Rail Road Company

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The Danville & Pottsville Railroad Company was incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania on April 8, 1826, and received letters patent on February 18, 1831. The object was to form a portage between the Schuylkill and upper Susquehanna valleys. Stephen Girard, the Philadelphia merchant who owned 28,500 acres of coal and timber lands along the route was the principal stockholder. Gen. Daniel Montgomery of Danville was the first president. Girard's death on December 26, 1831, retarded the pro...

A. & G. Ralston (Firm).

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Patterson, Burd, 1788-1867

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Robinson, Moncure, 1802-1891

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Moncure Robinson was born in Richmond, Va. He was educated at the College of William and Mary and at the Sorbonne where he studied to be a civil engineer. He was a railroad planner and builder and a railroad and steamboat owner. His most noted project was the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad. He retired from engineering work in 1847. From the description of Papers, 1787-1890. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 20269904 ...

Shamokin Coal Company

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Wood, Samuel R., active 1834-1839

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