Letter to Richard Backhouse, 1780 October 7.

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Letter to Richard Backhouse, 1780 October 7.

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Taylor, in Easton, writes to [the manager of his ironworks in Durham, Pa.?] regarding his business and farming affairs, desiring to know how his furnace and the new iron ore shaft are doing. He requests Backhouse to send a few items. He asks about Col. Tidman of the Board of War, mentions that Col. Hooper has not come and asks for the latest newspapers.

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Ironmonger and justice of the peace. From the description of Docket, 1787-1788. (Bucks County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70923589 Richard Backhouse, proprietor of the Durham Iron Works in Bucks County, Pa., supplied large quantities of shot and shell to the Continental Army throughout the Revolutionary War. From the description of Letter : Durham [Pa.], to Samuel Hodgdon, Esqr., 1793 June 15. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 36205501 ...