Guide to the Pennsylvania Salt Company Records 1857-1859
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Title
Pennsylvania Salt Company records 1857-1859
Subject
Thompson, George, Pennsylvania Salt Company., Chemical industry--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County, East Tarentum (Pa.)--History
Description
The Pennsylvania Salt Company records contain correspondence from clients to treasurer George Thompson. The collection contains general written correspondence to the company between 1857 and 1859 and pertain to orders from clients, payment details, and pricing information for the material, such as casks of caustic soda and salt cakes., Pennsylvania Salt Company records, 1857-1859, MSS 901, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center, Cataloging of this collection was funded by a Basic Processing grant from NHPRC., Arney Spandle Purchase 2003 2003.0057, The Pennsylvania Salt Company was located in East Tarentum, Pennsylvania, and manufactured industrial chemicals. It was chartered on September 1, 1850 as a salt works because there was no provision at the time for chartering a chemical company. The company produced a variety of materials, namely caustic soda, and shipped to companies in Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia, Ohio, Illinois and Kentucky. Several clients were soap and candle producers, including Hollidays Soap and Candle and A.G. Cheever Company. George Thompson was treasurer to the Pennsylvania Salt Company and was in charge of orders, managing bank balances and corresponding to various clients., Gift of Arney Spandle., Processed MSS 0901 1/13 G. Hendrickson, Collection level finding aid available.. Inventory created by Library and Archives staff in 2003.
Contributor
Pennsylvania Salt Company, Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, East Tarentum (Pa.)
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