Iron furnaces and iron industry.

Overview

The ledgers highlight the business activities of iron furnaces and stores owned by Isaac Meason, a pioneer iron producer in Fayette County, Pennsylvania (arguably the first west of the Allegheny Mountains). The volumes include records of Union Furnace, Union Iron Works, Mt. Vernon Furnace, Centre Furnace, and a record of teamster work. A small portion of one volume includes a common pleas court docket for Fayette County, PA in the 1830s.

Scope and Contents A research manual of 103 pages outlining available primary and secondary source material regarding the early iron business operations of Isaac Meason and J.D. Mathiot in western Pennsylvania (ca. 1790-1860). It includes biographical information, and identification of source materials and their location. There are also extensive photographs in color documenting the sites and facilities of the iron business. This collection also includes a copy of the journal "The Chronicle of the Early...