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Archibald McIntyre Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0354
Abstract
These letters give a brief glimpse into the mining business in the early Nineteenth Century. Alexander McIntyre to whom these letters are addressed was an ambitious entrepreneur in the coal and iron country of New York and Pennsylvania with his name being passed on to many sites in these states.
Dates:
1825-1851
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Asa Packer Estate Accounts and Other Financial Documents, 1879-1924
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0005
Abstract
A collection of financial records, including receipts, bills, statements, etc., in four separate Estate Accounts, administered by the trustees of the estate of Asa Packer, and Lehigh University covering the period May 1879 through 1972.
Dates:
1854 - 1972
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
The Lehigh Coal And Navigation Company records
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0120
Abstract
The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company was a prominent coal mining and shipping company first established in 1820 with the merger of the Lehigh Coal Mining Company and the Lehigh Navigation Company, both of which operated in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania beginning in 1818. The Company owned and operated an extensive system of coalmines in Pennsylvania’s Carbon and Schuylkill Counties, two canals, and several railroads and railways. The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company is credited...
Dates:
Bulk, 1826-1913; 1815-1940
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Lehigh Valley Railroad Land Documents
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0275
Scope and Contents
The collection contains approximately 384 documents (deeds, titles, indentures, correspondence and leases) for anthracite coal lands, 40 envelopes, 20 maps, two pamphlets, one photogravure, and one large colored "painting." In general, the items are dusty, stained, crumpled, and some are very fragile.The earliest date mentioned in the documents is 1773 (Tomlinson survey of land) referred to in a later dated deed to the most recent items from the Peca Coal Company dated 1962. The...
Dates:
1773-1962
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
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