Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
June 14, 1813
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 69
Additional Source Text:
"Situated in Franconia, Coos County in the State of New Hampshire 170 Miles from Boston & 60 from the Canada line. An incorporated company, entitled, the New Hampshire Iron Factory Company, has erected Furnaces there & are pursuing the business advantageously."
The donor was "of Salem."
Notes:
For the Franconia Iron Works, see https://whitemountainhistory.org/Franconia_Iron_Works.html
The donor was George Stuart Johonott (1756-1839). George Nichols, A Salem Shipmaster and Merchant: The Autobiography of George Nichols (Boston, 1921), p. 104n.
