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Iron furnaces and iron industry.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Greenville Iron Furnace Ledger

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3158
Overview The ledger documents the beginnings of Greenville Iron Furnace in northwestern Preston County. The furnace was erected by Josiah Jackson, heir of the prosperous Cheat Iron Works, and managed by Walter Carlile. Subsequent to the period covered by this ledger, the furnace was operated by Harrison Hagans, whose papers in the West Virginia Collection include later ledgers for the furnace. This ledger records the daily business of iron production and of the store which was associated with the...
Dates: 1818-1821, 1828-1829

Jackson Family of Monongalia and Preston Counties Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3717
Overview

Papers of the Jackson family of Monongalia and Preston County, (West) Virginia, including business, financial, and legal documents. Includes Civil War pension records for Henry C. Jackson (1864); business records of Jackson and Lamb documenting transactions with Tassey and Church, Grocers of Pittsburgh (1833-1834); and records regarding Cheat Iron Works, St. John's Furnace, and Hampton Forge (1833 and undated), among other material (1814-1891).

Dates: 1814-1891; Majority of material found within 1833-1834, 1864