Papers, 1820-1884 [microform].

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 ...

Renwick, James, 1790-1863

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New York engineer and professor. From the description of Letter, 1830, Dec. 3 : New York City. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35284145 ...

Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886

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Horatio Seymour (May 31, 1810 – February 12, 1886) was an American politician. He served as Governor of New York from 1853 to 1854 and from 1863 to 1864. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president in the 1868 presidential election. Born in Pompey, New York, Seymour was admitted to the New York bar in 1832 but primarily focused on managing his family's business interests. After serving as a military secretary to Governor William L. Marcy, Seymour won election to the New York State Assem...

Clinton, DeWitt, 1769-1828

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DeWitt Clinton (March 2, 1769 – February 11, 1828) was an American politician and naturalist who served as a United States Senator, Mayor of New York City and sixth Governor of New York. In this last capacity, he was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal. Clinton was a major candidate for the American presidency in the election of 1812, challenging incumbent James Madison. A nephew of long-time New York Governor George Clinton, DeWitt Clinton served as his uncle's secreta...

Rome Merchants Iron Mill (Rome, N.Y.)

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White, Canvass, 1790-1834

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Engineer. From the description of Diary, 1823. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 122641026 Canal engineer and cement manufacturer of Whitestown, Oneida County, N.Y. Canvass White served in the War of 1812, made surveys on the Erie Canal, visited England to study canals, introduced hydraulic cement into the United States, manufactured cement, was president of the Cohoes Company, chief engineer of the Delaware Breakwater, the Delaware and R...

McAlpine, William J. (William Jarvis)

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Civil engineer, state engineer and surveyor of N.Y. 1851-1853; b. April 30, 1812; d. Feb. 16, 1890. From the description of Letter, 1848 Feb. 16, Brooklyn. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 729743307 ...

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. ...

Avon, Geneseo & Mount Morris Railroad Company.

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Evansville and Crawfordsville Railroad Company.

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Delaware and Hudson Canal Company

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Latrobe, Benj. H. (Benjamin Henry), 1807-1878

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Civil engineer of Baltimore, Md.; prominent in the development of the Baltimore & Ohio and other railroads. From the description of Benjamin Henry Latrobe papers, 1845-1846. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 31523222 ...

Wurts, Maurice, 1783-1854

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Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Company

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

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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...

Hartford Water Works (Hartford, Conn.)

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Cazenovia and Canastota Railroad Company.

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Archbald, James, 1793-1870

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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...

Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848

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John Jacob Astor organized the American Fur Company in 1808, and the Pacific Fur Company in 1810. In the spring of 1811 he established a post at Astoria on the Columbia River, but sold it to British interests in 1813. By 1817 Astor had gained control of all the Mississippi Valley posts of the Northwest and Southwest Companies. The Columbia Fur Company, one of Astor's major competitors, was absorbed in 1827. By 1834 Astor tired of the fur business and sold all of his interests. From t...

Mohawk and Hudson Railroad Company.

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Bolton, John, 1926-

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New York businessman. From the description of Letter, 1836. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31526774 ...

Saratoga and Schenectady Railroad Company.

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Hudson River Railroad Company.

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Bouck, William C., 1786-1859

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New York governor. From the description of Letters, 1842-1845. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31526783 Governor of New York. From the description of Certification of William C. Bouck, 1844. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452029 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Albany, to the Secretary of the Navy, 1844 Jun. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270514756 Sheriff of Schoharie County, 1812-1814; member of the New Yo...

Corning, Erastus, 1794-1872

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Douglass, David Bates, 1790-1849

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David Bates Douglass was born in Pompton, New Jersey, on March 21, 1790, the youngest son of Deacon Nathaniel Douglass and Sarah Bates of Newark. Raised in an iron-mining district, he developed an interest in the natural sciences and technology from very early in life, encouraged, perhaps, by his mother who provided his early education. As a teenager, Douglass developed into an avid and capable student under the tutelage of Rev. Samuel Whelpley, and was advanced enough to enter Yale...

Mills, John, 1880-1948

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Flewelling, Samuel.

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Cass, George Washington, 1810-1888

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Starin, John H. (John Henry), 1825-1909

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Terre Haute and Alton Railroad Company.

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Wurts, John, 1792-1861

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Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railway Company

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The Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railroad Company was formed in 1856 as a consolidation of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad, the Ohio and Indiana Railroad, and the Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad. Over the span of three years it made several expansions, primarily throughout Illinois. However, due to financial problems the company went bankrupt. It was reorganized on February 26, 1862 and renamed the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railway. The new railway leased lines throughout the...

Utica and Schenectady Railroad Company.

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Law, George, 1806-1881

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Renwick, James, 1818-1895

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Discussions between Cathedral trustees and Renwick about the new Cathedral began in 1853. The final designs for the Cathedral's first scheme were accepted and work began in 1858. Renwick is known to have initially worked in partnership with William Rodrigue, but scholars generally agree that the designs were Renwick's and Rodrigue withdrew from the project in its early stages. See: St. Patrick's Cathedral / by Leland A. Cook. New York : Quick Fox, 1979. From the description of [Early...

Strickland, William, 1787-1854

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Brown Brothers & Company

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Alexander Brown (1764-1834) emigrated from Ireland to Baltimore in 1800 and opened a dry goods business with which his four sons became associated. One son, John (1788-1872), opened a branch in Philadelphia in 1818 and expanded the business to include foreign exchange transactions. Another son, James (1791-1877) established Brown Brothers & Co. in New York City in 1825 and eventually absorbed the other branches. In addition, Brown Brothers & Co. was associated with the English firm of Br...

Delafield, John, 1786-1853

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McQueen, Walter, 1817-1893.

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Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad Company

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Allen, Horatio, 1802-1889

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Civil engineer, inventor. A.B. Columbia, 1823. Resident engineer, Delaware and Hudson Company. Consultant for Erie Railroad; president 1843. Consultant for construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. See sketch in Dictionary of American Biography. From the description of Diary, 1828. (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269581245 ...

Terre Haute and Richmond Railroad Company.

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Root, Porteous R., b. ca. 1800.

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Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Company

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Crocker, Charles, 1822-1888

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One of "Big Four" who built Central Pacific Railroad. Crocker actually supervised construction of tracks. Later invested in large landholdings and developed Del Monte Hotel (1880). From the description of Charles Crocker deed, 1868. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 34919034 Charles Crocker was a prominent store-owner in Sacramento when, in 1860, he joined Collis Huntington, Huntington's business partner Mark Hopkins, then-Governor Leland Stanford, and other s...

Hartford (Conn.). Board of Water Courts.

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Hone, Philip, 1780-1851

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Mayor, New York City. From the description of Diaries, 1826-1851. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58757744 ...

French, Edmund, d. 1860.

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Lord, Russell F., d. 1867.

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St. Louis, Alton, and Terre Haute Railroad

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Hastie, Peter A., 1959-

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Cambreleng, Churchill Caldom, 1786-1862

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U.S. Congressman and chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. From the description of Letters, 1832-1835. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36854533 American Congressman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Professor Hassler, 1837 Feb. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270134336 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Doctor Richard Pennell in New York, 1837 Dec. 7. (Unknown). World...

Roberts, N. S. (Nathan Smith), 1776-1852

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Winslow, Lanier & Company.

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Wright, Benjamin, 1770-1842

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Benjamin Wright (1770-1842) was a prominent land surveyor and engineer. During his career, he surveyed much of the lands along the upper Mohawk and Black River Valleys, which are now situated in Herkimer, Oneida, Lewis, and Jefferson Counties in New York State. Wright was also noted for his advocacy and development of canals and transportation infrastructure in New York State. He was chief engineer in the design and construction of the Erie Canal. From the description of Collection, ...

Pennsylvania Coal Company

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Boston, Rome and Oswego Railroad Company.

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Boorman, James, 1783-1866

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Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad Company

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Utica Water Works Company (N.Y.)

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Bloomfield, John W.

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