Documents relating to the business of the Swatara Railroad Company of Danville, Pennsylvania and particularly of its president, "Judge" William Donaldson. Includes receipts, bills, contracts, operating statistics, financial statements and correspondence, filed chronologically by year.
Biographical / Historical:
The Swatara and Good Spring Railroad was incorporated in 1831 with Judge William Donaldson as president. Renamed the Swatara Railroad in 1841, it was one of several lines connecting the First Pennsylvania anthracite coal field via waterways to the East Coast. Until 1848 it was powered by horses and was extended and rebuilt periodically. In 1863, Donaldson sold his interest in the Swatara to the Philadelphia & Reading Co., which renamed it the Good Spring Railroad.
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Topic:
Coal mines and mining -- 19th century -- Pennsylvania Search this
Railroads -- 19th century -- Pennsylvania Search this
Anthracite coal industry -- 19th century -- Pennsylvania Search this
Genre/Form:
Financial statements -- 19th century
Receipts -- 19th century
Correspondence -- 19th century
Citation:
Swatara Railroad Papers, dates, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 1, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1805-1833
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Swatara Railroad Papers, dates, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 1, Folder 3
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1834-1840
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Swatara Railroad Papers, dates, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 1, Folder 4
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1841
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Swatara Railroad Papers, dates, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 1, Folder 5
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1842
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Swatara Railroad Papers, dates, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 1, Folder 6
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1843
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Swatara Railroad Papers, dates, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 1, Folder 7
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1844
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Swatara Railroad Papers, dates, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 1, Folder 8
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1845
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Swatara Railroad Papers, dates, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 2, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1846
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Container:
Box 2, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1847
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Swatara Railroad Papers, dates, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 2, Folder 3
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1848
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Container:
Box 2, Folder 4
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1849
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Container:
Box 2, Folder 5
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1850
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Swatara Railroad Papers, dates, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 2, Folder 6
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1851
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Swatara Railroad Papers, dates, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Agriculture Search this
Container:
Box 2, Folder 7
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1852
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Container:
Box 2, Folder 8
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1853
Collection Restrictions:
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Container:
Box 2, Folder 9
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1854
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Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
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Swatara Railroad Papers, dates, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 2, Folder 10
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1855
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Swatara Railroad Papers, dates, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Agriculture Search this
Container:
Box 3, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1856
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The collection is open for research use.
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Collection Citation:
Swatara Railroad Papers, dates, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Agriculture Search this
Container:
Box 3, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1857
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
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Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Swatara Railroad Papers, dates, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
