pp. 595-678 of typed material
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Watkins, J. Elfreth (John Elfreth), 1852-1903
label: Collection Creator
content: Stevens, John, 1749-1838
setName: label: See more items in
content: John Stevens Collection
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1821-1823
container: label: Container
content: Box 1, Folder 14
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters and memorials to state legislatures of New York and Pennsylvania proposing construction of railroads including routes from Philadelphia or Harrisburg to Pittsburgh, and from Utica to Albany.  Text of a bill introduced in Pennsylvania Legislature to authorize construction of a "Pennsylvania Railroad" from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh by John Stevens.  A paper written by Stevens to induce sales of Pennsylvania Railroad stock.  "Journal of Route of Railroad" begun by Stevens on 7/14/1823 which was a survey of the proposed route from Philadelphia to the Susquehanna.