Vanishing Ironworks of the Ramapos: The Story of the Forges, Furnaces, and Mines of the New Jersey-New York Border Area |
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... Townsend , owner of the Sterling ironworks , sold about 6,000 acres - called the Augusta Tract - to a cousin who was also his son - in - law , Captain Solomon Townsend . The new owner built a forge there that same year . Solomon Townsend ...
... Townsend , owner of the Sterling ironworks , sold about 6,000 acres - called the Augusta Tract - to a cousin who was also his son - in - law , Captain Solomon Townsend . The new owner built a forge there that same year . Solomon Townsend ...
Page 130
... Townsend . It is said that this act cost Townsend almost $ 70,000 . Two years after his death in November , 1813 , Townsend's widow sold the Augusta tract to Peter Lorillard of New York . When Loril- lard purchased the estate , it had ...
... Townsend . It is said that this act cost Townsend almost $ 70,000 . Two years after his death in November , 1813 , Townsend's widow sold the Augusta tract to Peter Lorillard of New York . When Loril- lard purchased the estate , it had ...
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... Townsend family , 135 , 167 , 169 , 174 ; Sterling and , 179 , 191 , 192 , 193 , 196 , 226 Townsend , Anne , 127 , 130 Townsend , George E. , 197 Townsend , Hannah Hawxhurst , 189 , 190 Townsend , Henry , 184 Townsend , Isaac , 189 , 191 , ...
... Townsend family , 135 , 167 , 169 , 174 ; Sterling and , 179 , 191 , 192 , 193 , 196 , 226 Townsend , Anne , 127 , 130 Townsend , George E. , 197 Townsend , Hannah Hawxhurst , 189 , 190 Townsend , Henry , 184 Townsend , Isaac , 189 , 191 , ...
Contents
Furnace | 219 |
Fort | 239 |
New Miller Paterson Peters St George Snyder | 254 |
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