Box Small Collections Box 27
Contains 19 Results:
Samuel McClure, Shippensburg, Pa. to Joseph Arthur, 1801 November 3
Writes that Lyon Miller has written to him, allowing Joseph Arthur to have his house, for he will "take good care" of it. Gossip about someone who died, and someone else who is ill from "a dangerous complaint"; he has no new business for Joseph.
Joseph Arthur from D.G. Thornburgh and R.C., 1807 August 18
Callipleele for sugar and 15 e.(ingots?) of pig iron being sent to Arthur, carried by a man named Egbert. The bill is being sent from the Catoctin Furnace in Frederick County, Maryland.
Alex I. to Joseph Arthur, 1808 February 2
Alex I., telling Joseph Arthur, that he has Joseph's hat in his possession, but he is unwilling to risk sending it through the mail. He tells Arthur to contact someone he knows in Baltimore so that person can carry the hat back to him.
James Moore, Waterford, to Joseph Arthur, 1808 May 30
John Arthur to Joseph Arthur, 1809 June 20
John is building a house for a Mr. Wierman at Stoney Creek and writes Joseph telling him of his progress inviting him to bring himself and his wife to John's house sometime that week to see John and his wife; he asks Joseph for a bar of blistered steel, steel with bumps on the outside from the heating process, to steel a pick bought in Pennsylvania. In the postscript, John tells Joseph that he expects to send up to 40 tons of pig iron to his furnace per week.
James Allen to Mr. Arthur, 1809 November 3
James Allen to Mr. Arthur. James wants to sell some steers to Arthur for beef, as he has bought some in the past. He says that he will accept pig iron as a payment.
John Arthur to Joseph Arthur, 1809 November 10
Joseph Arthur from John Graham, 1809 November 17
John Arthur, Columbia Furnace, to Joseph Arthur, 1810 July 15
John Arthur, Columbia Furnace to Joseph Arthur, 1810 October 19
John Arthur, Shippensburg, Pa. to Joseph Arthur, 1810 October 27
John writes to his brother about a case where a court is giving him the land of Samuel Leeper and he, in turn, is giving it to William Leeper. He also tells Joseph that he is not, at this time, going to go back to trial with Mr. Ege, of the letter of 10 November, 1809.
John Arthur, Columbia Furnace to Joseph Arthur, 1811 January 30
John Arthur, Columbia Furnace to Joseph Arthur, 1811 February 25
Samuel McClure, Shippensburg, Pa. to Joseph Arthur, 1811 May 15
He says that he cannot come with William Leeper at this time to see Joseph, but that he will come as early as possible in June, for he has to be back home by the beginning of July. He has been to Catoctin since Joseph has, but there is nothing to report from there, and he told this to Mr. Blackford as well. He spends the rest of the letter telling Joseph how a certain lady, Miss G., and her family will not be visiting him up in Catoctin.
Samuel McClure, Catoctin Furnace, to Joseph Arthur, 1811 September 10
He begins by telling Joseph that William Leeper's wife was let out for a day, accompanied by a Miss Baily, of the city, and Doctor Reynolds; however, he does not know if she will stay long up there. He then tells Joseph how Miss G., Martha Gachvany, has gotten married, and therefore "our Hero has got rid of one of his intended wives." He spends the rest of the letter sharing gossip about married and unmarried members of the Shippensburg and Catoctin communities.
John Arthur, Columbia Furnace to Joseph Arthur, 1812 January 15
James Allen to Joseph Arthur, 1812 July 2
James Allen to Joseph Arthur. He says that he has five wagon loads of hay ready for Joseph. He tells Joseph that he has a dozen hands, and one of them is a woman who has three children, and he takes care of them and her husband in exchange for the work of just the wife and husband. Also, he is sending a load of walnuts and currents to Mrs. Arthur.
John Arthur, Columbia Furnace, to Joseph Arthur, 1812 August 4
John says that he met a man selling rye and wheat, and the man supposedly went to Joseph to try and get a better deal. John says that he wrote Mr. Blackford about taking so many people over the mountains at the risk of falling short of coal when metal can be had on better terms. A Mr. McDaniel sent John a letter saying that he intends to build a furnace nearby, but it will have to be discussed through the winter season.
Mr. Blackford to William Leeper, 1814 March 24
Blackford says that Leeper owes $500.05, and he has only paid $450, and is therefore reminding him of the remaining balance. Also, Blackford places an order for iron if it can be had for under $120, and expects Leeper to show the order to Mr. Arthur as soon as possible.