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Mount Vernon Furnace Ledger

ca. 1798-1800

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Mount Vernon Furnace Ledger
  • Title
  • Mount Vernon Furnace Ledger
  • Creator
  • Mount Vernon Furnace (Bullskin, Pa. : Township)
  • Date
  • ca. 1798-1800
  • Identifier
  • 31735070942770
  • Description
  • Account book from the Mount Vernon Furnace that documents debt of individual account holders on left and credits received to pay the debt on the right. Therefore, on the left side is what each account holder bought, and what the account holders paid in exchange is located on the right side. Account holders are identified by name, and each transaction is dated and described. Some things sold were whiskey, wheat, and iron traded for goods and services such as labor, cords of wood, and linen. This ledger dates mainly from 1798-99 with some from 1800.
  • Type
  • text
  • Genre
  • manuscripts (documents)
  • Subject
  • Blast furnaces--Accounting
    Iron-works--Accounting
    Iron industry and trade--Accounting
    Mount Vernon Furnace (Bullskin, Pa. : Township)
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Bullskin (Pa. : Township)
    Fayette County (Pa.)
    Allegheny County (Pa.)
  • Finding Aid
  • Isaac Meason Ledger and Mount Vernon Furnace Records, 1798-1825
  • Container
  • Box 1, volume 1
  • Language
  • eng
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Isaac Meason Ledger and Mount Vernon Furnace Records
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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