Subject: Railroad accidents

A letter written by A. H. Rosenheim in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 22, 1844, to an attorney in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. The letter concerns the estate of Simon Mayer Levi, a peddler killed by a train between Pottsville and Reading two years prior. Rosenheim, a creditor of Levi, seeks assistance in settling the estate to ensure creditors are paid.