Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1826-1858.

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Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1826-1858.

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Typescript carbons of 33 letters from Jonathan Knight, dated 1826-1858 and dealing with the surveying of the National Road and the laying of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Most of the letters are to his sister and brother-in-law, Ann and Nathan Whealdon of Freeport, Ohio (they later moved to Caldwell, Oh.); a few of the later letters are to their son Abel. One letter is to another sister and brother-in-law of Knight's, Dorothy and James Milleson, also of Freeport. Some of the letters are sent jointly from Knight and his wife Ann.

1 item (56 leaves)

University of Pennsylvania Library

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University of Pennsylvania Library

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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company

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The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) was founded in 1827, and operated from the Great Lakes, Ohio, through the mid-Atlantic. The B&O's successor, CSX Corporation, was created in 1987 from interim holding companies. From the description of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company personnel records, circa 1940-1979. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 760082029 ...

Whealdon, Ann Knight.

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Milleson, Dorothy Knight.

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Whealdon, Abel.

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Carey, Lewis J. (Lewis James)

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Knight was a prominent civil engineer associated with the construction of the National Road and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and from 1855 to 1857 a Whig member of Congress. From the description of Transcripts of historic letters, 1785-1858. (University of Notre Dame). WorldCat record id: 23957558 ...

Milleson, James.

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Whealdon, Nathan.

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Knight, J. (Jonathan), 1787-1858

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Surveyor, engineer, state legislator and U.S. congressman, from East Bethlehem (Washington Co.), Pa. From the description of Papers, 1826-1858. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19865949 Jonathan Knight was born in Bucks County, Pa., son of a Quaker weaver. He worked as a surveyor and schoolteacher, and served in the Senate of Pennsylvania (1882-1828). He made preliminary surveys for the Chesapeake and Ohio canal and for the National Road between Cumberland, Md....

Knight, Ann (Ann Waspe)

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