pp. 432-444 of typed material
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Watkins, J. Elfreth (John Elfreth), 1852-1903
label: Collection Creator
content: Stevens, John, 1749-1838
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content: John Stevens Collection
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1850
container: label: Container
content: Box 1, Folder 9
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Sketch of John Stevens' life and work from Prof. Robert H. Thurston's "Growth of the Steam Engine."  This contains detailed descriptions of Stevens' technical improvements in steamboats and trains.