Letter from Henry M. Phillips to John Rumsey Regarding Pennsylvania Railroad, April 13, 1858 A letter written by Henry M. Phillips to John Rumsey on April 13, 1858, expressing disapproval of a Pennsylvania Railroad motion. Phillips, a prominent Philadelphia lawyer and the first Jewish Philadelphian elected to Congress, was a member of the Pennsylvania Railroad board. The letter is addressed to John Rumsey, Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad.