Records, 1829-1838.

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Records, 1829-1838.

The records consist of 13 laborers' receipts issued for the construction of the railroad in 1829-30 by William R. Hopkins, superintendent. There is also a register of coal tonnage transported for induvidual operators during 1838, including Ayres & Woodhouse, David Brown, Stockton & Stevens, Payne & Allen, John & Joseph Daddow and Nathan Cleaver.

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Hopkins, William Rogers, 1805-1876

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Stockton, Robert Field, 1795-1866

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U.S. naval officer. From the description of Papers, 1846-1847. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 28420479 Second American military governor of Calif. Territory (July 29, 1846-Jan. 19, 1847); U.S. naval officer and Commander of the U.S.S. Frigate Congress. From the description of R.F. Stockton proclamation : ms, 1847 Jan. 11. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122508929 American military governor of Calif. Territory (J...

Stevens, Edwin A. (Edwin Augustus), 1795-1868

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Mount Carbon Railroad Company.

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The Mount Carbon Railroad Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania on April 20, 1829, for the purpose of building a railroad from the Schuylkill Canal at Mount Carbon up Norwegian Creek to the forks and thence to Wadesville on the East Branch and Mount Laffee on the West Branch. The railroad was completed in April 1831 and used to bring coal from numerous independent mines to the canal. The completion of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad to Mount Carbon in 1842 opened an all-rail route to ...