During the nineteenth century the American economy was able to expand rapidly due to the availability of cheap and plentiful supplies of coal. This primary resource collection covers all aspects of this important energy source through a selection of letters, pamphlets, industry reports and newspaper articles. This first volume, covering the period 1790-1835, seeks to reconcile the optimism surrounding the early American coal industry with the difficulties in actually realising its growth. It presents voices that capture the optimism and frustration of the Rhode Island and Virginia colliers,…mehr
During the nineteenth century the American economy was able to expand rapidly due to the availability of cheap and plentiful supplies of coal. This primary resource collection covers all aspects of this important energy source through a selection of letters, pamphlets, industry reports and newspaper articles. This first volume, covering the period 1790-1835, seeks to reconcile the optimism surrounding the early American coal industry with the difficulties in actually realising its growth. It presents voices that capture the optimism and frustration of the Rhode Island and Virginia colliers, before focusing on the rise of Pennsylvania's anthracite region.
Volume 1 General Introduction Coal and the New Nation 1790-1835 General Introduction Introduction Selected Letters from the Papers of Henry Heth 1800-20 Selections from the Library of Virginia's Legislative Petition Files 1824-36 Cadwallader D. Colden Jeremiah F. Randolph and Hector Craig Observations on the Intended Application of the North-American Coal & Mining Company to the Legislature of the State of New-York. February 1814 (1814) Rhode Island Coal Company Observations on the Rhode Island Coal and Certificates with Regard to its Qualities Value and Various Uses (1814) [Jacob Cist] Lehigh Coal. Certificates fr om a Number of Persons Shewing the Use and Value of the Lehigh Stone Coal. With Some Prefatory Remarks (1815) [Cadwalader Evans] Address of the President and Managers of the Schuylkill Navigation Company to the Stockholders and to the Publick in General (1817) John Grammer Jr 'Account of the Coal Mines in the Vicinity of Richmond Virginia Communicated to the Editor in a Letter from Mr. John Grammer Jun.' American Journal of Science (1819) Lackawaxen Coal Mine and Navigation Company Address to the Public by the Lackawaxen Coal Mine and Navigation Company Relative to the Proposed Canal fr om the Hudson to the Head Waters of the Lackawaxan River. Accompanied by Documents (1824) North American Coal Company A Brief Sketch of the Property Belonging to the North American Coal Company with Some General Remarks on the Subject of Coal and Coal Mines (1827) Erskine Hazard History of the Introduction of Anthracite Coal into Philadelphia and a Letter from Jesse Fell Esq. of Wilksbarre on the Discovery and First Use of Anthracite in the Valley of Wyoming (1827) The Morris Canal's War of Words 'A Stockholder of the Morris Canal' Letter to John Wurtz Esq. with Case and Opinion ([1831]) 159'A Stockholder of the Morris Canal' A Review by a Stockholder of the Morris Canal of the 'Views of a Stockholder in Relation to the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company' (1831) George Taylor Effect of Incorporated Coal Companies upon the Anthracite Coal Trade of Pennsylvania (1833) The Anti-Corporate Offensive Anon. Facts and Observations Relative to the Incorporation of Coal Companies (1833) Josiah White To the Committee on Corporations of the Senate (1833) S. J. Packer Report of the Committee of the Senate of Pennsylvania upon the Subject of the Coal Trade (1834) extract Anon. Comparative Views of the Most Important Anthracite Collieries in Pennsylvania: Exhibiting their Avenues to Tide Water (1835) extract Editorial Notes
Volume 1 General Introduction Coal and the New Nation 1790-1835 General Introduction Introduction Selected Letters from the Papers of Henry Heth 1800-20 Selections from the Library of Virginia's Legislative Petition Files 1824-36 Cadwallader D. Colden Jeremiah F. Randolph and Hector Craig Observations on the Intended Application of the North-American Coal & Mining Company to the Legislature of the State of New-York. February 1814 (1814) Rhode Island Coal Company Observations on the Rhode Island Coal and Certificates with Regard to its Qualities Value and Various Uses (1814) [Jacob Cist] Lehigh Coal. Certificates fr om a Number of Persons Shewing the Use and Value of the Lehigh Stone Coal. With Some Prefatory Remarks (1815) [Cadwalader Evans] Address of the President and Managers of the Schuylkill Navigation Company to the Stockholders and to the Publick in General (1817) John Grammer Jr 'Account of the Coal Mines in the Vicinity of Richmond Virginia Communicated to the Editor in a Letter from Mr. John Grammer Jun.' American Journal of Science (1819) Lackawaxen Coal Mine and Navigation Company Address to the Public by the Lackawaxen Coal Mine and Navigation Company Relative to the Proposed Canal fr om the Hudson to the Head Waters of the Lackawaxan River. Accompanied by Documents (1824) North American Coal Company A Brief Sketch of the Property Belonging to the North American Coal Company with Some General Remarks on the Subject of Coal and Coal Mines (1827) Erskine Hazard History of the Introduction of Anthracite Coal into Philadelphia and a Letter from Jesse Fell Esq. of Wilksbarre on the Discovery and First Use of Anthracite in the Valley of Wyoming (1827) The Morris Canal's War of Words 'A Stockholder of the Morris Canal' Letter to John Wurtz Esq. with Case and Opinion ([1831]) 159'A Stockholder of the Morris Canal' A Review by a Stockholder of the Morris Canal of the 'Views of a Stockholder in Relation to the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company' (1831) George Taylor Effect of Incorporated Coal Companies upon the Anthracite Coal Trade of Pennsylvania (1833) The Anti-Corporate Offensive Anon. Facts and Observations Relative to the Incorporation of Coal Companies (1833) Josiah White To the Committee on Corporations of the Senate (1833) S. J. Packer Report of the Committee of the Senate of Pennsylvania upon the Subject of the Coal Trade (1834) extract Anon. Comparative Views of the Most Important Anthracite Collieries in Pennsylvania: Exhibiting their Avenues to Tide Water (1835) extract Editorial Notes
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