One of the proposers of the first railroad built in the state of New York surveyed portions of what land for the US government?
George William Featherstonhaugh George William Featherstonhaugh FRS (London, 9 April 1780 – Le Havre, 28 September 1866) was a British-American geologist and geographer. He was one of the proposers of the Albany and Schenectady Railroad and was the first geologist to the US government. He surveyed portions of the Louisiana Purchase for the US Government.
Frederick P. Bellinger Frederick P. Bellinger (March 15, 1792 – February 13, 1876) was an American farmer and politician from New York.