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Railroads – Pennsylvania – History.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

Delaware & Hudson Railroad Straight Line Maps [In progress]

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0459
Abstract

Unusual working maps of a Delaware-Hudson Railroad inspector using the straight-line maps for valuation of railroad property to determine transportation costs for freight shipments.

Dates: 1931 - 1959