Account books, 1769-1780.

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Account books, 1769-1780.

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The records consist of two account books from the period of Thomas May's management, Ledger E (1769-1777) and an otherwise unidentified volume (1770-1780). The books contain references to the distillery, the steel and smith shop and to the sale of bar and rod iron and pig metal.

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May, Thomas, 1731-1792

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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, David, ca. 1742-1782.

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