In 1831, aspinwall published his American Library containing 771 works; and Warden, in Paris, his own, containing 977 American works with 133 atlasses and maps.
"The American Nations, Vol. I."
C. S. Rafinesque
"The quickest way, of course, would have been to ship it to aspinwall, and then take it by rail to Panama, and from there ship it to Lima, but I suppose they were afraid to do that.
"Mrs. Cliff's Yacht"
Frank R. Stockton
In spite of the enormous difficulties entailed by the pestilential climate, the undertaking was completed in 1855. This achievement, originating in New York, was the work of W.H. aspinwall, Henry Chauncey, and John L. Stephens.
"The Panama Canal and its Makers"
Vaughan Cornish