Principio Company records

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unitid

{"value"=>"2495", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Principio Company records"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1768-1769", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1768/1769"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".15 linear foot (1 v.)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1768

date_inclusive_end

1769

origination

{"value"=>"Principio Company", "type"=>"corpname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>The Principio Company, one of the largest iron-making enterprises in colonial America, was formed in England around 1716. The company eventually owned over 30,000 acres of land and produced over half of the pig iron exported to England before the American Revolution.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Includes eighteen pages of accounts and twelve letters by Thomas Russell, Nathaniel Martin, Francis Phillips, and William Baxter concerning the Principio Company's iron works on Upper Chesapeake Bay.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 89M60"}

{"date"=>"1896", "source"=>"Kennedy, John Stewart", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"Gift, Kennedy, John Stewart, 1896"}

altformavail

{"value"=>"<p>Available on microfilm; New York Public Library</p>"}

relatedmaterial

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keydate

1768

prefercite

{"value"=>"Principio Company records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The Principio Company, one of the largest iron-making enterprises in colonial America, was formed in England around 1716. The company eventually owned over 30,000 acres of land and produced over half of the pig iron exported to England before the American Revolution. Includes eighteen pages of accounts and twelve letters by Thomas Russell, Nathaniel Martin, Francis Phillips, and William Baxter concerning the Principio Company's iron works on Upper Chesapeake Bay.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.15 linear feet (1 v.)

date_start

1768

date_end

1769

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