Subject: Railroads -- United States -- History -- 19th century

Pamphlet titled "AN ADDRESS ON THE RAILROAD EVIL AND ITS REMEDY..DELIVERED AT PLATT'S HALL,; SATURDAY, AUG. 2, 1879". Published in 1879. The pamphlet also contains biographical information about Alfred A. Cohen, a capitalist and lawyer born in London, England in 1829, who died in 1887. Cohen is noted for his sale of the San Francisco and Alameda Railroad Company's line to the Central Pacific Railroad Company, which resulted in a lengthy legal dispute.

One-page typed letter signed (TLS) on University of Pennsylvania Library stationery, measuring 8" x 10 1/2", dated March 23, 1901. Addressed to the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company, the letter requests a complete file of the company's reports for the University of Pennsylvania Library. Morris Jastrow Jr. explains that the reports are of great value to professors and students, highlighting the Library's interest in acquiring such collections from private railroad companies in the United States. This letter represents an early example of the development of business archives within a US university.

Pamphlet titled "REPORT ON COKE & COAL USED WITH THE PASSENGER TRAINS ON; THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAIL ROAD." Includes a biographical sketch of Mendes Cohen (1831-1915), born in Baltimore, detailing his career in railroad engineering and management, involvement with the American Jewish Historical Society and Maryland Historical Society, and contributions to Baltimore's civic life. The biographical sketch was written by Cyrus Adler and is dated August 29, 1854.

A stampless commercial letter sent from Henry Tobias at 29 Nassau Street, New York City, on January 1, 1846. The letter was sent via the Philadelphia Railroad and pertains to mercantile business. The letter's content is unknown, and its recipient is unspecified aside from the name 'Tobias, Henry' in the description.