Details
Contributor Moore, James, associated name.
Elizabeth Furnace (Brickerville, Pa.) associated name.
Title Robert Moderwell's transportation line for Philadelphia and Lancaster, warehouse fronting on North Queen Street and the Penna. Rail Road, Lancaster. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1840
Date [ca. 1840]
Physical Description 1 print: relief; 20 x 9 cm. (8 x 3.25 in.)
Description Bill of lading containing a vignette showing a locomotive pulling a string of rail cars loaded with crates, barrels, and sacks. Moderwell established his freight business circa 1835.
Notes Completed in manuscript for Elizabeth Furnace shipping "3 tons Pig Iron subject to order of James Moore, Greenwood Forge for R. Moderwell," dated Jul 10, 1849 and signed by Daniel Sugm.
Printed on verso: Always On Hand and For Sale, At The Lowest Market Prices, Fish, Salt, Plaster, Coal, Hops, Tar, Empty Hogsheads & Barrels, &c.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Subject Moderwell, Robert, 1796-1859.
Freight forwarders -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Bills of lading -- Forms.
Geographic subject Pennsylvania -- Commerce.
Genre Forms (Documents) -- 1840-1850.
Relief prints -- 1840-1850.
Provenance Moore, James, associated name.
Elizabeth Furnace (Brickerville, Pa.) associated name.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.140]
Accession number P.2011.10.140