Biographical sketch of Stephen Onion, 1964.

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Stephen Onion, an important ironmaster in the Chesapeake colonies, came to Maryland from Staffordshire, England, in 1721 as an employee of the Principio Company in Cecil County. He was in charge of the works in 1722-1723, but was demoted for extravagance and mismanagement and replaced by John England. Despite this setback, he remained with the Principio Company for some time, and in the 1730s was acting as ironmaster at Charles Carroll's Baltimore Iron Works. By 1749 he had returned to the north...

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The Principio Company, one of the largest iron-making enterprises in colonial America, was formed in England around 1716. The company eventually owned over 30,000 acres of land and produced over half of the pig iron exported to England before the American Revolution. From the guide to the Principio Company records, 1768-1769, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) The Principio Company, one of the largest iron-making enterprises in Col...

Onion, Stephen, -1754

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