Item 5491
Container
Contains 1 Collection or Record:
Letter from Edward Brewer in Milwaukee describing an eyewitness account of a train wreck. Addressed to Moses Davis of Cambridge, Massachussetts. Describes a rail journey from Baltimore to Frederick, where the engine "Martin Van Buren," after travelling 30 miles at the speed of 3 1/2 miles per hour, ran off the track and into a rock. No one was injured in the accident., 04/03/1837
Item — item: 5491
Found in:
Special Collections and University Archives
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Maryland Manuscripts collection
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General Correspondence
Dates:
04/03/1837