[ [89] Stephenson’s first locomotive was put out in 1814. His Rocket and Ericsson’s Novelty had their famous contest resulting in favor of the Rocket in 1829.
[ [90] Brown’s “History of the First Locomotive,” letter from Cooper, 1869.
[ [91] The coning of wheels is an invention of Jonathan Knight, Engineer of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company.
[ [92] Dunbar, “A History of Travel in America,” 932.
[ [93] Dunbar, “A History of Travel in America,” 960.
[ [94] The Albany Argus, August 11, 1831.
[ [95] “History of the Railroads and Canals of the United States,” 1860, Vol. I, p. 377.
[ [96] Dunbar, “A History of Travel in America,” 998, 1383.
[ [97] Dunbar, “A History of Travel in America,” 1071.
[ [98] Potter’s American Monthly, July, 1879.