Forging
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph Arthur Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 00693
Scope and Contents
Letters mostly to Joseph Arthur, owner of an iron forge in Shenandoah County, Virginia, about his business and family life, from 1801-1814. Includes letters written by John Arthur, his brother. In 1820, there were 5 furnaces in operation in Shenandoah County, being Isabella Furnace, owned by Benjamin Blackford, Speedwell Forge, owned by James Sterret, Union Forge, owned by Joseph Arthur, Columbia Furnace, owned by John Arthur, and Pine Forge, owned by Benjamin Pennybacker. William Leeper, an...
Dates:
1801-1814
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
John M. Blankenbeker Ledgers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ad3-MsV Ad8
Scope and Contents
Ledgers; 1849-1869; kept in Madison County, Va. by blacksmith John M. Blankenbeker. Six ledgers:
1849-1850, 1851-1854, 1856-1858, 1859-1862, 1860-1863 and 1863-1869.
Dates:
1849-1866
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center