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

RKOAPITULATION. 307
The foregoing letters are in allusion to a " Portrait-
Gallery of Distinguislied Public Men," publislied loj the
author a few years after. They are referred to in this
work merely as further evidences of the author's skill
in his peculiar art of sketching in black paper outliae
or profile, that our readers may rely upon the correctness
of the representation of the " De Witt Clinton "
and train, which we insert.
CHAPTEE XL.
EEOAPITTTLATION.
We trust that we have now faithfully performed
the task imdertaken by us, when we commenced these
pages ; and we believe that our readers will not enter-
tain a doubt, from the chain of authentic and reliable
evidence we have brought before them, that the fio-st
locomotive ever run upon a railroad in this country was
the "Stourbridge Lion," imported from England in
1829. We have shown that this machine was ordered
by John B. Jervis, Esq., the chief engiQeer of the Delaware
and Hudson Canal and RaUroad Company, to be
used upon their road, which connected with their canal
that Horatio Allen, Esq., the assistant engineer under
Mr. Jervis, was on a visit to England, and witnessed
the experiments then made in the contest for the prize
of £500 offered by the Liverpool and Manchester Kail-
road for the locomotive that should perform certain re-
quisitions ;
that Mr. Allen was instructed by Mr. Jer-
vis to contract for three locomotives for the Delaware
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