John Gluyas papers, 1789-1911 [manuscript].

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John Gluyas papers, 1789-1911 [manuscript].

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Business correspondence, chiefly before 1851, concerning mining and milling in Wales and North Carolina, especially the Mecklenburg Gold Mining Company and the McCulloch Mine, which Gluyas operated in partnership with William Treloar. Also included are a handwritten book of mathematical tables; a record of work on mining machinery, 1818-1822; memoranda concerning property titles, 1789-1825; a history (4 p.) of the Gluyas family, 1834-1909, written in 1911; and a few letters to Gluyas's wife Mary and to their sons.

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Gluyas, John, 1796-1858.

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John Gluyas (1796-1858), an English-born mining engineer who worked in Wales, immigrated to the United States and in 1835 settled in Mecklenburg County, N.C., where he worked on various mining projects, ran a gristmill on the Catawba River, and became a large landowner. He was involved particularly with the Mecklenburg Gold Mining Company and the McCulloch Mine. Gluyas was married to Mary Bennetts, 1824, with whom he had three children who survived infancy: John Bennetts (born 1825), Thomas (bor...

Gluyas, Mary.

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Treloar, W. M. (William M.), 1850-1935

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Gluyas family.

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Mecklenburg Gold Mining Company.

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McCulloch Mine.

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