John Elgar papers, 1826-circa 1925.

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John Elgar papers, 1826-circa 1925.

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Elgar, John, 1784-1858

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Inventor. From the description of John Elgar papers, 1826-circa 1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71010035 John Elgar was a Quaker master mechanic employed in the York, Pa., foundry of Phineas Davis, Israel Gartner and James Webb. In 1825 a group of Baltimore capitalists formed a company to navigate the Susquehanna River with steamboats in order to increase the trade of the city. Elgar constructed the steamboat CODORUS for this group and launched it on November 14, 1825. ...