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STEPHENSON GEORGE: (1781-1848) - STEPHENSON GEORGE: (1781-1848) English engineer who built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use steam locomotives, 1830. Known as the 'Father of Railways'. A fine, attractive A.L.S., Geo Stephenson , one page, 4to, Railway Office, Liverpool, 6th April 1827, to Rev. William Turner. Stephenson writes, in full, 'Allow me to introduce to you Messrs. Oeynhausen & Dechen, two gentlemen who are making a Geological tour thro' this country. Any attention you can shew them will much oblige... .'. With integral address leaf (a slim vertical section of one edge neatly removed). About EX William Turner (1761-1859) British Unitarian minister and educator who advanced the anti-slavery movement in Northern England and also contributed to the development of intellectual institutions in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. These included the Literary, Scientific and Mechanical Institution which was formed at a meeting presided over by George Stephenson in 1824. Karl von Oeynhausen (1797-1865) and Ernst Heinrich Karl von Dechen (1800-1889) German Geologists who, as the present letter testifies, visited England and Scotland to study mining systems, paying special attention to coal formation.