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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Mark Kelly, Compiler, Iron Industry Research Manual for Western Pennsylvania, A&M 4498, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

A research manual of 103 pages outlining available primary and secondary source material regarding the early iron business operations of Isaac Meason and J.D. Mathiot in western Pennsylvania (ca. 1790-1860). It includes biographical information, and identification of source materials and their location. There are also extensive photographs in color documenting the sites and facilities of the iron business. This collection also includes a copy of the journal "The Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association", Volume 74, Number 1, March 2021, which includes an article authored by Mark Kelly entitled "Meason and Mathiot: The Early Iron Industry in Western Pennsylvania".

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Iron furnaces and iron industry.
• Kelly, Mark
• Mathiot, Jacob Davies, 1788-1865
• Meason, Isaac, 1742-1818