Railways

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pennsylvania Society for the Promotion of Internal Improvements in the Commonwealth

Contributor:

Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Railroads--Early works to 1850.

Railroads.

Public works--Pennsylvania.

Public works.

Physical Description:

[1], 2-[8] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia : The Society, 1825].

Notes:

At head of caption title: Philadelphia, April 5, 1825.

At bottom of p.[1]: No. 9.

"... the attention of the legislature and the public having been directed to railways, the desire of the Committee to make the Society useful to the community by a communication in relation to them, was much increased. ... the means of accomplishing these purposes have been obtained by the acquisition of a recent valuable work, issued by the Highland Society of Edinburgh, and the following paper, carefully prepared from this work, will furnish much valuable and interesting information upon railways." -- p. [1].

"Mathew Carey, Joseph Hemphill, Richard Peters, Jun., Stephen Duncan, William Strickland, Acting Committee, Gerard Ralston, Corresponding Secretary." -- p. [1].

Local Notes:

Library copy bound with: Address to the Citizens of Pennsylvania / Pennsylvania Society for the Promotion of Internal Improvements in the Commonwealth. [Philadelphia : s.n., 1825].

Cited in:

Checklist of Amer. imprints, 21853.

OCLC:

37190165