James Archbald papers.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

James Archbald papers.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46823638

The James Archbald papers contain predominantly letters received by Archbald relating to his employment with the Delaware and Hudson Co. from 1826 through the early 1850s, the Pennsylvania Coal Company from the late 1840s to the early 1850s, the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad from 1852 through 1855, and in smaller quantity from the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad from 1822 through 1855, and personal financial documents and correspondence to and from family members.

6 linear feet.

Albright Memorial Library, Scranton Public Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7570348

Albright Memorial Library, Scranton Public Library

Related Entities

There are 13 Entities related to this resource.

Ewen, John, president

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z33p39 (person)

Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vj0g54 (corporateBody)

Hawley, Irad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f51zh8 (person)

Archbald, James, 1793-1870

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v70b3g (person)

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, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66x356w (corporateBody)

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...

Delaware and Hudson Canal Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vb30x8 (corporateBody)

Wurts, John, 1792-1861

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6223m32 (person)

Lackawanna Historical Society (Scranton, Pa.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sj8c3d (corporateBody)

Wurts, Maurice, 1783-1854

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jh4cm3 (person)

Jervis, John B. (John Bloomfield), 1795-1885

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62v2jsr (person)

Engineer. From the description of Papers of John B. Jervis, 1827-1878. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067890 Civil Engineer. John Bloomfield Jervis was born in Huntington, New York, on December 14, 1795. He began his career in his father's lumber business at Rome, New York, and in 1817 he became an axeman on the local survey for the Erie Canal. Jervis became one of the most gifted engineers produced by the so-called "Erie Canal School." By 1823, he...

Wurts, William, 1788-1858

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hm7bbz (person)

Roebling, John Augustus, 1806-1869

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64q7wg0 (person)

John A. Roebling emigrated to New Jersey from Germany in 1831, abandoned farming, and returned to his profession of engineering. He moved to Trenton, N.J., in about 1848 and built a steel wire plant, operated as John A. Roebling's Sons Company. John A. Roebling designed many bridges and was the chief engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge. From the description of John A. Roebling letter to Elias Calkin & Co., 1850 May 25. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 73...

Pennsylvania Coal Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qz74wz (corporateBody)