A&M 3159Isaac Meason, Iron Producer, Iron Industry Ledgers, 1801-1822 A&M 3159Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 07:22:27 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Isaac Meason, Iron Producer, Iron Industry Ledgers A&M 3159 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/1397 0.29 Linear Feet Summary: 3 1/2 in. (2 reels of microfilm (7 vols.), 1.75 in. each) 1801-1822 The ledgers highlight the business activities of iron furnaces and stores owned by Isaac Meason, a pioneer iron producer in Fayette County, Pennsylvania (arguably the first west of the Allegheny Mountains). The volumes include records of Union Furnace, Union Iron Works, Mt. Vernon Furnace, Centre Furnace, and a record of teamster work. A small portion of one volume includes a common pleas court docket for Fayette County, PA in the 1830s. West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/ English . Conditions Governing Access

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Fayette County (Pa.) Pennsylvania Iron furnaces and iron industry. Centre Iron Furnace. Dunbar Iron Furnance Mt. Braddock Iron Furnance Mt. Vernon Iron Furnace Pallafox Iron Furnace Union Iron Works Warren Iron Furnace Meason, Isaac, Jr. Meason, Isaac, 1742-1818 Meason, Thomas.