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Mount Vernon Furnace Daybook
ca. 1820-1825
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Title
Mount Vernon Furnace Daybook
Creator
Mount Vernon Furnace (Bullskin, Pa. : Township)
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
ca. 1820-1825
Identifier
31735070942796
Description
Volume contains a record of the daily transactions of the Mount Vernon Iron Furnace. Each transaction is recorded with a description including names, items, and value in cash. Most date from 1820 to 1821, but the back of the volume contains some transactions from 1823 and an entry from 1825. Daybooks were used to record transactions chronologically before being entered into a ledger which was organized by individual accounts.
Type
text
Genre
manuscripts (documents)
Subject
Blast furnaces--Accounting
Iron-works--Accounting
Iron industry and trade--Accounting
Mount Vernon Furnace (Bullskin, Pa. : Township)
Geographic Subjects
Bullskin (Pa. : Township)
Fayette County (Pa.)
Allegheny County (Pa.)
Finding Aid
Isaac Meason Ledger and Mount Vernon Furnace Records, 1798-1825
Container
Box 2, volume 3
Language
eng
Collection
Isaac Meason Ledger and Mount Vernon Furnace Records
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
Rights Information
No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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