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

THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE AND TRAm OF PASSEI^GER-CARS ]
The American Locomotive " De Witt Clintois"," Mr. D
The locomotive " De Witt Clinton " was ordered by John B. Jervis, chief engineer of the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad, and was the third locomotive built in Ame
taken to Albany in the latter part of June, 1831, and was put upon the road and run by David Matthew. The first experimental trial-trip was made on the 5th of Jul;
from Albany to Schenectady on August 9, 1831, on which occasion the author of this History of the Early Locomotives in America rode in one of the cars (only the fir
nounced a truthful representation of the locomotive, tender, and the first two of the number of cars in the train, and correct likenesses of the engineer and passengers rep
of black paper with a pair of scissors, a peculiar art with which the author was gifted from his earliest boyhood. The original picture was presented by the author to
valued for its antiquity and truthfulness. The names of the engineer and passengers are as follows, commencing at the engine : David Matthew, engineer ; first c
Mr. Van Zant, Billy Winne, penny postman ; second car, John Townsend, Esq., Major Meigs, old Hays, High-Constable of New York, Mr. Dudley, Jos. Alexander, of t
time they were taken—forty years ago. The outside seats were for the drivers when these cars had been drawn by horse-power, but on this occasion were occupied by t
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