History of the Manufacture of Iron in All Ages And Particularly in the United S
History of the Manufacture of Iron in All Ages And Particularly in the United S
James Moore Swank
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Whitehead Humphreys, of Philadelphia, was directed by Congress to make steel for the use of the army from Andover iron, as the iron made at the Andover works was 'the only iron which would "with certainty answer the purpose of making steel. " This action of Congress is given in detail by the Hon. Jacob W. Miller, in an address before the New Jersey Historical Society in 1854, who also records the interesting fact that William Penn was an early owner of the Andover mine. He says that "on the 10t...h of March, 1714, by a warrant from the council of proprietors, he ac- quired title to a large tract of land situated among the moun- tains then of Hunterton, now of Sussex, county, and William Penn became the owner of one of the richest mines of iron ore in New Jersey. This mine, since called Andover, was 154 THE MANUFACTURE OF opened and worked to a considerable extent as early as 1760. Tradition reveals to us that the products of these works were carried upon pack-horses and carts down the valley of the Musconetcong to a place on the Delaware called Durham, and were thence transported to Philadelphia in boats, which were remarkable for their beauty and model, and are known as Durham boats to this day.
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