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Franklin Benjamin Gowen (February 9, 1836 – December 13, 1889) served as president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, commonly referred to as the Reading Railroad, in the 1870s and 1880s.
Ruler of the Reading: The Life of Franklin B. Gowen, 1836–1889. By Marvin W. Schlegel. Foreword by R. W. Brown. (Harrisburg: Archives Publishing Company of Pennsylvania, Inc., 1947. viii + 308 pp. Frontispiece, appendix, bibliography, and index. $4.00.) | Journal of American History | Oxford Academic.
9 de may. de 2023 · ruler of the reading : the life of franklin b. gowen, 1836 - 1889 by marvin w. schlegel. Publication date 1947 Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet Archive Language English. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2023-05-09 14:16:58 Autocrop_version 0.0.14_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0008
Franklin B. Gowen was born at Mount Airy, near Germantown, in the county of Philadelphia, February 9, 1836. He inherited some of the marked mental and moral traits of his father, whose life in Philadelphia demonstrated his striking individuality. It can hardly be doubted that what is known as lheredity is the outcome
3 de feb. de 2011 · Ruler of the Reading: The Life of Franklin B. Gowen, 1836–1889. By Marvin W. Schlegel. Harrisburg: Archives Publishing Company of Pennsylvania, 1947. Pp. viii, 308. $4.00. | The Journal of Economic History | Cambridge Core.
1 de mar. de 2016 · In 1873, Franklin B. Gowen, president of the Reading Railroad, hired the Pinkerton Detective Agency to infiltrate and destroy the Molly Maguires, whose union organizing became an impediment...
Franklin Benjamin Gowen served as president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad in the 1870s/80s. He is identified with the undercover infiltration and subsequent court prosecutions of Molly Maguires, mine workers, saloonkeepers and low-level local political figures arraigned and tried for multiple acts of violence, including murders and attempted murders of coal mine operators, foremen ...
