Papers, 1714-1839 [microform].

ArchivalResource

Papers, 1714-1839 [microform].

The Potts-Rutter Papers are typical of 18th-century business papers, in that they consist primarily of deeds, agreements, account books, inventories, and estate papers.

3 reels of microfilm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6719907

Hagley Museum & Library

Related Entities

There are 42 Entities related to this resource.

Potts, David, ca. 1742-1782.

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Reading Furnace (Chester County, Pa.)

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Warwick Furnace (Chester County, Pa.)

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Charcoal blast furnace located on French Creek, Chester County, Pa.; built (1737-1738) by Samuel Nutt. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1704]-1788. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70927303 ...

Potts, Samuel, 1736-1793

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Potts, Joseph, 1766-1824

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Hobart, Enoch, 1712-1776.

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Rutter, Thomas, 1731 or 1732-1795

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Potts, John, 1738-

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Rutter, David, 1766-1817

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Potts, John, 1760-1809

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This collection documents copper and iron ore mining, and land speculation in Pennsylvania and Virginia by two Pennsylvania businessmen, John Potts, Jr. and Robert E. Hobart, between 1767 and 1830. John Potts, Jr., was born on October 20, 1760, the son of Samuel Potts, ironmaster of Pottstown, Pa. He should not be confused with his uncle of the same name born in 1738, a Loyalist during the Revolutionary War. John Potts, Jr., was educated in Philadelphia as a ...

Hobart, Robert E. (Robert Enoch), 1768-1826

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Rutter, John P. (John Potts), 1797-1870

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Potts, John, 1710-1768

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Glasgow Forge (Pottstown, Pa.)

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Potts, Thomas, 1777-1814

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Potts, Thomas, 1735-1785

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Hartley & Potts.

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Potts & Hobart.

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Rutter, Thomas, 1690-1734

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Rutter, Martha Potts, 1740-1804

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Potts, Joanna, 1735-1818

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Potts, Thomas, 1680-1752

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Potts, Samuel, d.1850.

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Grubb, Peter, 1692-1754

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Rutter, John, 1760-1794

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Potts, David, 1741-1798

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Potts, David, -1834

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Potts family.

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Hockley, James.

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Potts, Joseph D., 1829-1893

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Vincent Slitting Mill (East Vincent, Pa.)

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Rutter family.

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Nutt, Anna, 1737-1796.

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Potts-Rutter families.

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The Potts-Rutter Papers are the record of five generations of one of the most successful families of ironmasters in Colonial Pennsylvania. Thomas Rutter, an English blacksmith who had first settled near Germantown, established his first forge on Manatawny Creek in Berks County in 1716. Around 1720, he also constructed the Colebrook Furnace on nearby Ironstone Creek. Pine Forge followed in 1725. Rutter secured the services of Thomas Potts, Sr., as ironmaster, ...

Pine Forge (Berks County, Pa.)

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Pine Forge, one of the earliest iron works in Pennsylvania, was built by Thomas Rutter (1680-1752) on Manatawny Creek in Berks County in 1720. Control passed by marriage to John Potts (1710-1768) and thence to his son-in-law and nephew David Potts, Jr. (c1742-1782). During the late 1750s and 1760s it was rented to Thomas May (1731-1792) and later to Thomas Walker. With David Potts's death, the forge passed to Samuel Potts and Thomas Rutter and then to David Rutter (1766-1817). The forge was aban...

Potts, Jesse, 1757-

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Potts, Joseph, 1742-1804

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Joseph Potts was a Quaker minister from southeastern Pennsylvania. He was born the 3rd of 1st month 1742, Old Style (14 March 1743, New Style) to John Potts and Ruth Savage Potts of Douglass, Pennsylvania. In 1764 Potts married Mary Morris of Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania; the couple had 11 children together. He died in 1804....

Copper Mine Company of Pennsylvania.

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Potts, Jonathan, 1745-1781

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Philadelphia physician serving as Deputy Surgeon General of the Northern Dept., U.S. Army, at Ticonderoga. From the description of Papers, 1776-1777. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155466723 Dr. Jonathan Potts was appointed surgeon to the Continental Army during the Revolution, serving in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York; he also served as purveyor general to the Middle Department of the Army. Samuel Morris was a merchant who served as captain of the Philadelphia Troop...

Rodman, T. J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1815-1871

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Colebrookdale Furnace (Colebrookdale, Pa.)

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Cornwall Furnace (Cornwall, Pa.)

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