Letterbook, 1798-1799.

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Letterbook, 1798-1799.

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The letters of Rumford and Abijah Dawes are concerned with prices, transportation and quality of iron.

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Dawes, Abijah.

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Dawes, Rumford, 1744-1819.

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Rumford Dawes (1744-1819) and Abijah Dawes were sons of Edward Dawes of New Castle County, Del. Sometime prior to 1783 they erected the Hagley Slitting and Rolling Mills on the Brandywine near Wilmington. By 1787 it was working imported Russian and Swedish iron. Much of the output was sent to the New York City nail factory of J.G. Pierson & Brothers. Josiah G. Pierson had invented one of the first successful American nail-cutting machines, but did not build his own rolling mill until 1795. T...

Hagley Slitting and Rolling Mills (Greenville, Del.).

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