Papers, 1888-1912.

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Papers, 1888-1912.

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The J. Newton Pew papers document the earliest years of the Sun Company. Records describe the organization and operation of the Sun Oil Line Company, Peoples Natural Gas Company, Keystone Gas Company, Linden Oil Company, and Diamond Oil Company. Correspondence and interoffice memoranda describe Emerson and Pew's early natural gas ventures, exploration and drilling in central Pennsylvania and Ohio and the transformation of the Sun Company into an integrated oil company.

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Pew, Joseph N. (Joseph Newton), 1848-1912

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Joseph Newton Pew, Sr. (1848-1912) was the founder of the Sun Oil Company and its predecessor natural gas and pipeline companies. J.N. Pew was initially involved in a series of ventures in the oil boomtown of Titusville, Pa. Pew and Edward O. Emerson formed a partnership to speculate in oil leases and to explore the area's natural gas fields. Emerson and Pew founded the Keystone Gas Company in 1881 and the Penn Fuel Company the next year. Following the success of these two companies they orgainz...