pp. 761-802 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: 1826-1830
container: label: Container
content: Box 1, Folder 17
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 to DeWitt Clinton and others promoting the proposal of a railroad from Albany to New York City.  A description of Stevens' proposed "Improvements in the construction of railways, steam carriages and steam engines adapted thereto".  Additional descriptions of Stevens' proposal for improving steam driven "inclined planes" and the engines for powering them.  Letter to Martin Van Buren, Secretary of State, outlining improvements Stevens foresaw in railroads.