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Earl, Caleb, 1795-1873

Existence: 1795 - 1873
 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1795 - 1873

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Martha Furnace daybook/diary

 Collection
Accession: 0339
Abstract:

Martha Furnace was an iron plantation built in 1793 by the Pennsylvania ironmaster Isaac Potts (1750-1803) on a branch of the Wading River two miles above Harrisville in eastern Burlington County, New Jersey. The volume is a combined daybook and diary, containing a comprehensive account of the operation of a Pine Barrens iron plantation during the early 1800s.

Dates: 1808-1815