John Jay Phelps
Simsbury, Connecticut, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. John Jay Phelps was an early railroad baron and financier, who was one of the founders of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad and served as its first president. He was also a publisher, judge, and merchant. Phelps left his father Alexander Phelps' house at the age of 13 years. In partnership with George D. Prentice, he owned and edited the New England Weekly Review, published at Hartford. In 1827 he began the manufacture of glass in Dundaff, Pennsylvania, an...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. John Jay Phelps was an early railroad baron and financier, who was one of the founders of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad and served as its first president. He was also a publisher, judge, and merchant. Phelps left his father Alexander Phelps' house at the age of 13 years. In partnership with George D. Prentice, he owned and edited the New England Weekly Review, published at Hartford. In 1827 he began the manufacture of glass in Dundaff, Pennsylvania, and became acquainted with the coal fields of the Lackawanna Valley, in which he was afterwards so closely and profitably connected.
