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Records, 1740-1918
Author
Sterling Iron and Railway Company.
Pages:
20
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Records, 1740-1918
Sterling Iron and Railway Company.
Local call number:
SC14069
Corp/Agency author:
Sterling Iron and Railway Company.
Title:
Records, 1740-1918.
Quantity:
20 boxes (ca. 8.0 cubic ft.)
Arrangement:
Organized by series and chronological within each series.
Historical/biog note:
The Sterling Iron and Railway Company, which was situated in Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, operated under various names from 1736 until 1923. Early records indicate the name of the firm when it was founded in 1736 was Sterling Forge and Furnace Company. In 1814, the firm received a charter of incorporation from the State of New York as Sterling Ironworks. The firm was reorganized in 1865 as the Sterling Iron and Railway Company. In 1918, all company holdings were leased by the Ramapo Ore Company. All operations ceased in 1923. This firm was one of the largest and most productive ironworks in its heyday during the latter half of the 18th Century and first half of the 19th Century.
Review:
The records of Sterling Iron and Railway Company relate to the operations of the iron foundry, which were situated in the Ramapo mountain range in southeastern New York near the New Jersey border. These records include accounts, receipts, ledger books, correspondence, documents dealing with iron production, mining iron ore, and railroad operations. Many of the documents from the early years relate to this form's contracts to build cannon and munitions for the United State armed forces. In addition to this, there are many documents dealing with the activities of the proprietors of the Sterling Ironworks, especially of the Townsend family which controlled the works for most of the period it was in operation. This includes wills, inventories of property, and other estate papers. There are also many deeds, bonds and mortgages, leases and releases, articles of agreement, and maps related to company landholdings. A few documents concern ironworks other than Sterling, such as the Southfield furnace and Augusta forge, but these are relatively few. Some of the more important documents are listed in the brief descriptions found at the beginning of each series.
Provenance note:
The records of Sterling Iron and Railway Company were acquired by the New York State Library from multiple sources. The first group was purchased in March 1954 from James Lewis Hook of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a dealer of early American books and manuscripts. This group comprises the contents of boxes 1-13 which were accessioned in as SC14069 in July 1957. The second group of records was purchased in February 1982 from Denning House and subsequently accessioned as SC17562. This group was collated with SC14069 in December 2003 and now comprises most of the records found in boxes 14-19. The third group of records was purchased ca. July 1985 from Harold Nestler, a historical manuscripts dealer, and subsequently accessioned as SC18613. This group was collated with SC14069 in August 2009, and placed in box 20. The fourth group of records was purchased in December 2003 from Carmen D. Valentino, dealer of rare books and manuscripts in Philadelphia. These records are found in folders 15-17 in box 19.
Index notes:
Unpublished finding aid available in the repository and on the Internet.
Preferred citation:
Sterling Iron and Railway Company records, 1740-1918.
Subject:
Iron foundries--New York (State)--History.
Subject:
Iron industry and trade--New York (State)--History.
Subject:
Iron-works--New York (State)--History.
Subject:
Railroads--New York (State)--History.
Geographic terms:
Rockland County (N.Y.)--Economic conditions.
Geographic terms:
Rockland County (N.Y.)--History--Sources.
Geographic terms:
New York (State)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Form/genre terms:
Account books. aat
Form/genre terms:
Correspondence. aat
Corporate author:
Sterling Forge and Furnace Company.
Corporate author:
Sterling Ironworks Company.
Electronic access:
Finding aid: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc14069.htm
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