Weiss family.
Jacob Weiss, Assistant Deputy Quartermaster General for Northampton County during the Revolution, who settled in Towamensing Township, Carbon County, where he was a farmer, lumberman, and a founder of the Lehigh Coal Mine Company, the first anthracite coal mining company of the Lehigh region.
From the description of Papers, 1733-1862 (inclusive), 1733, 1780-1835, 1862 (bulk). (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122524256
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| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Weiss family. Papers, 1733-1862 (inclusive), 1733, 1780-1835, 1862 (bulk). | Historical Society of Pennsylvania |
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| associatedWith | Lehigh Coal Mine Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Weiss, Jacob, 1750-1839. | person |
| associatedWith | Weiss, Jacob, b. 1775. | person |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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| Pennsylvania--Lehigh |
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| Coal mines and mining |
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| Quartermasters |
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