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Pennsylvania

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Isaac Meason, Iron Producer, Iron Industry Ledgers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3159
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.

Dates: 1801-1822