The history of the first locomotives in America. From original ...

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CONTENTS.
CHAP.
SI.—COMPETITION FOB THE PRIZE:
Engines entered—Trials—The " Rocket "—" Novelty "—" Sans-
pareil,"
XII.—RAILROADS IN AMERICA:
First Railroad—Second Railroad—De Witt Clinton_ and the
Canal—Colonel Stevens's Proposition—Chancellor Livingston's
'
Opinion—Dearborn's Proposal,
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Xni.—FIRST ENGLISH LOCOMOTIVE:
David Matthew's First Letter—Certificates, etc.—John B. Jer-
ri"
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vis's Letters—Horatio Allen's Letters to John B. Jervis, fixing
Date of Arrival of the "Stourbridge Lion," . . . .74
XlV.—DATE OP ITS RUNNING:
President Dickson's Letter—Superintendent Young's Letter
—
Miss Blackman's Letter—^Extract from the Dundaff Republican, . 19
XT.—LANDING IN AMERICA:
Its Performances in New York—Arrival at Honesdale—^Hon.
John Torry's Description—Mr. Matthew's Description—A Sketch
of the English Locomotive, 83
XTL—MORE FACTS OF THE "STOURBRIDGE LION:"
First Stephenson Engine—Mr. Allen's Description—What became
of the " Stourbridge Lion"—Mr. Allen's Account of his First
Ride—The Last of the "Lion," 88
XVII.—FIRST MEETING OF THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAIL-
ROAD CO.:
Road commenced—Charles Carroll, of Carrollton—Road completed^—How
built—Mr. Swann's Remarks, . . . .93
XVIIL—FIRST BRIGADE OF CARS:
First Experiment—Charles Carroll— ^Railroad Notice, etc.—Travel-
. ling Memoranda—Early Passenger-Cars, 97
XIX.—ROSS WINANS'S IMPROVEMENTS:
Passenger-Cars— ^First Trains—^First Car with Centre Gangway
Horatio Allen on Springs, 103
XX.—EXPERIMENTAL LOCOMOTIVES
:
Peter Cooper's Locomotive—^When and where built — Mr.
Cooper's Letter—Why it was built—Mr. Latrobe's Letter— ^De-
'
scription of the Experiment,
. 108
XXI.—PETER COOPER'S LOCOMOTIVE:
Mr. Latrobe's Letter—Description of the Machine—Mr. Ross
Winans's Description of the Experiment, 113
XXIL—ROSS WINANS'S COMPARISONS:
The " Rocket " of Stephenson or Peter Cooper's Machine—The
" Tom Thumb "—First Ride by Mr. Latrobe-Race with a Horse-
Car—Sketch of the Peter Cooper Locomotive, . . . .117
XXIII.—HORSE AND SAILING CARS:
Sketch of a Horse-Locomotive—Sketch of the " Meteor" or Sailing-
Car—Contest for Right of Way—Railroad and Canal Company, . 123
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