Iron foundries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Colonial Iron Manufacture Ledger 1770-1773
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0312
Scope and Contents
The ledger book entries begin May 17, 1770 ending August 3, 1773, however, inside the front and back covers are the childish notations of Mary Bird (1753-1813), daughter of William Bird (1706-1761), builder of the Berkshire Furnace, indicating dates of January 7, 1767 and February 1767 among her efforts at practicing cursive handwriting. Mary Bird was the ninth child of William and Brigitte Huling (1710/5?-1790/92?) Bird. Mary married Colonel George Ross Jr. (b.?-d.1779) in 1773 in Christ...
Dates:
1767 - 1773; Majority of material found within 1770 - 1772
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections
Pierson Iron Merchants Account Books [In progress]
Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0466
Abstract
A group of account books relating to the early history, organization and business history of the J. G. Pierson & Co noted iron and steel manufacturers of New York.
The company was founded in 1787 by Josiah G. Pierson who came to New York City from Massachusetts and established in lower Manhattan the first mechanized American nail factory. To expand his business he took in his brothers Jeremiah H. and Isaac Pierson and the business took the name Josiah G. Pierson & Brothers. They...
Dates:
1795 - 1845
Found in:
Lehigh University Special Collections