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

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besides the tender, and never did ' Brother Jonathan,' as it was
familiarly called, perform the trip in more beautiful style. It
came down with its train in thirty-eight minutes, being at the rate
of nineteen miles an hour, the last six miles were performed in
fourteen minutes. The cavalcade with horses came down in sixty-
eight minutes.
" ' Brother Jonathan,' as it ig familiarly called, is as yet decidedly
in advance of ' John Bull.' "
We give the foregoing extracts from tlie Argus
merely to prove more conclusively that the " De Witt
Clinton " vras the locomotive sketched hy the author on
the 9th day of August, and not an English engine, as
some parties have represented. On neither of these ex-
cursions was the English locomotive in use. On the excursion
of the 9th of August the English engine had
not yet arrived, and on the excursion of the 24th of
Septemher her supply-pipe was not in order, and the
American locomotive "De Witt Clinton" performed
the duty successfully, as is recorded in the Albany
Argus just quoted. It was on the occasion of the
excursion on the 9th day of August, 1831, with the " De
Witt Clinton," as mentioned in the article in the
Alhcmy Argus of August 11th, that the author made
the sketch of the locomotive, the engineer, the tender,
coaches, and passengers in the train, which was exhibit-
ed at his studio, and attracted great crowds for several
weeks during his professional sojourn in Albany. This
picture the author soon after presented to the Connecti-
cut Historical Society, where it may be seen at the
present time. In 1858 or '59 this original picture was
photographed by J. L. Howard & Company, of Hart-
ford, and a copy obtained by the author.
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