Railway Passenger Travel 1825-1880

Scotia, NY: Americana Review, 1962. Reprint from Scribner's, September 1888. Wraps. Unpaginated (approximately 36 pages, plus covers.) Illustrations. Tables. Advertisements. Illustrated front cover. Horace Porter (April 15, 1837 – May 29, 1921) was an American soldier and diplomat who served as a lieutenant colonel, ordnance officer and staff officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, personal secretary to General and President Ulysses S. Grant. He also was secretary to General William T. Sherman, vice president of the Pullman Palace Car Company and U.S. Ambassador to France from 1897 to 1905. After resigning from the Army, Porter became vice president of the Pullman Palace Car Company, and later, president of the West Shore Railroad. He was U.S. Ambassador to France from 1897 to 1905, paying for the recovery of the body of John Paul Jones and sending it to the United States for re-burial. He received the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor from the French government in 1904. In addition to Campaigning with Grant, he also wrote West Point Life (1866). Porter was president of the Union League Club of New York from 1893 to 1897. In that capacity, he was a major force in the construction of Grant's Tomb. He was elected an honorary member of the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati in 1902. He was also a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, the Sons of the American Revolution and a Hereditary Companion of the Military Order of Foreign Wars by right of his descent from Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Porter who served in the American Revolution. In 1891 he joined the New York Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. The first American-built example tested on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in 1829, now known famously as the Tom Thumb (while the locomotive, built by Peter Cooper, actually lost the race with the horse [just barely!], it more than proved its ability as a reliable source of mechanical transportation). Other early steam locomotives that gained fame include the Stourbridge Lion, America, John Bull (all of which came to the U.S. from English builders), and Best Friend of Charleston. Thus began the age of steam and a better, more efficient, means of transportation. Not only that but the steam locomotive was also a major driving force in settling America west of the Appalachian Mountains. Condition: Good.

Keywords: Railway, Railroad, Passengers, Locomotive, Transportation, Railcar, Bogie Truck, Carriage, Car Coupler, Tickets, Pullman, Sleeper, Train Station, Grand Central

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