Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1811, May 23 | Born, Lewes, Del. |
1851 | Petitioned Congress for federal aid for the establishment of Atlantic and Pacific lines for carrying mail |
1854 | Received land and road grant from the province of Chiriquí
government, Panama Incorporated the Central American Mining Co. in Pennsylvania; changed the name to the Chiriqui [sic] Improvement Co. with himself as president Attempted to interest the U.S. Government in naval coaling stations and mail service across the Isthmus at Chiriquí |
1859 | Incorporated National Steamship Co. in New Jersey with himself as president |
1860-1863 | Promoted the Metropolitan Railroad scheme for a line between Point of Rocks, Md., and the District of Columbia |
1861-1864 | Proposed to Congress and President Abraham Lincoln the resettlement of freed slaves in Chiriquí |
1864-1866 | Traveled in England and on the Continent in search of financial backing for a proposed steamship line from New York to California via the isthmus, and development of coal mines in Chiriquí 1868 Elected member, Board of Directors, West Shore Hudson River Railroad Co. |
1869 | Incorporated the International Steamship Co. in New Jersey with himself as president |
1876-1882 | Revived efforts to establish naval and coaling stations at Chiriquí as well as service through the region to the West Coast of the U.S. |
1877 | Elected President, Brooklyn, Coney Island & Rockaway Railroad Co. |
1882, May 27 | Died |