Asa Packer, 1805-1879
Subtitle: captain of industry; educator; citizen
By: by Milton C. Stuart ... a Newcomen address.
Contributors: Newcomen Society in North America.
Publisher: Printed at the Princeton university press)
Published: 1938
Place of publication: (Princeton, N. J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Packer, Asa, -- 1805-1879.
Description: Asa Packer (1805-1879) was born at Mystic, New London County, Connecticut. He migrated to Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, in 1822, to become and apprentice to his uncle, Edward Packer, following the carpentry trade and farming. He married Sarah Blakslee in 1828. They had seven children. The family moved to Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania in 1833. There he became a captain of industry, first first in coal and canals, later railroads.
Notes: At head of title: The Newcomen society.  American branch.

"Asa Packer: 1805-1879.  Vita" on p. (2) of cover.

"This address was delivered before the American branch of the Newcomen society of England, at a dinner in honor of Lehigh university, on December 6, 1938, held atthe Union league club of New York."

"First printing: December 1938.  Second printing: December 1938."