pp. 703-760 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: 1824-1826
container: label: Container
content: Box 1, Folder 16
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 memoranda of John Stevens relating to construction of railroads and comparison of efficiency of using horses or steam as motive power.  Letters promoting the concept of railroads and the bright economic future for them.	.