John A. Poor railroads scrapbook, 1844-1871 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Newspaper clippings pasted in a scrapbook, regarding the Maine Central Railroad, Grand Trunk Railway, Atlantic and St. Lawrence Rail Road Company, York & Cumberland Railroad, and European and North American Railway. Scrapbook also includes printed and ms. documents relating to John A. Poor, including his membership in New York Historical Society; a reading of a paper about the Popham Colony; and Poor's appointment as "Commissioner under the resolve providing for a hydrographic survey of the views of the rivers of this state" signed by Gov. Joshua Chamberlain