| Bibliographical Chronological Reference
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1788 Pittsburgh Gazette (Newspaper),
Pittsburgh, PA, April 12,1788; Nov. 22, 1788.
[Accounts of the establishment of the
partnership of William Turnbull, Peter Marmie, & Robert Holker in Alliance
Furnace.]
Fayette County
Courthouse
1789a Fayette County Patent Books. Fayette County
Patent Book 15, Page 97.
[Patent of Alliance Furnace lands
to William Turnbull.]
1789b Fayette County Patent Books. Fayette County
Patent Book 17, Page 66.
[Patent of Alliance Furnace Lands
to William Turnbull.]
1789c Fayette County Deed Books. Fayette
County Deed Book B, p.39-40, 319.
1789d Fayette County Court Records. Minutes June
Term 1789, Court of Quarter Sessions.
["A view of a Road from the furnace
on Jacob's Creek, to Thomas Kyle's Mill.]
1790a Fayette County Patent Books. Fayette
County Patent Book 16, Page 256.
[Patent of Alliance Furnace Lands
to William Turnbull.]
1790b Pennsylvania Gazette (Newspaper), Philadelphia, PA,
Dec. 8, 1790.
[Under Date Line Nov. 13, 1790...
furnace lately erected by William Turnbull and Company... Jacob's Creek,
about 15 miles above the Youghiogheny River, began the blast the 1st. instant
(Nov. 1, 1790)... metal being tried in their forge the same day...]
1791 Fayette County Court Records. Minutes
March Term 1791, Court of Quarters Sessions.
["The Petition for a road from Jacob's
Creek Iron Works; to intersect the road leading to Mr. Thomas Kyle's Mill.
- granted." ]
1793a Pittsburgh Gazette (Newspaper), Pittsburgh, PA, Aug. 31,
1793.
[Notice of the partnership of Turnbull
& Marmie having dissolved, claims against them, to be rendered to Peter
Marmie at Alliance Iron Works...]
1793b Pittsburgh Gazette (Newspaper), Pittsburgh, PA, Nov. 2,
1793.
[Account of the failure of Alliance
Iron Works...]
Dickinson College Library
1794 William Turnbull, Letter, Alliance IronWorks, William
Turnbull to John Holker, Jan. 30, 1794.
Dickinson College Library, Special
Collections. [William Turnbull's letter on problems & plans for the Iron
Works and for the distillery.]
Westmoreland County
Courthouse.
1797a Westmoreland County Deed Books. Westmoreland
County Deed Book 3, Page 77.
[Deed for Alliance Furnaces Lands.]
1797b Pittsburgh Gazette (Newspaper), Pittsburgh, PA, July 29,
1797.
[Ad. 10 Dollars Reward - Strayed
from Jacob's Creek three miles above Turnbull's Iron Works... A Mare... signed
Peter Smail, Jun.]
1797c Fayette County Court Records.
Minutes December Term 1797, Court of Quarter Sessions.
[Viewers appointed by the court
on a road from Turnbull's Iron Works by the Little Falls.]
1798 Westmoreland County Tax Records.
Tax List South Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland County.
[#107 John Holker, Owner &
Occupant, Tax on Alliance Forge & Dwellings, Barns, & Smith Shop.]
1799a Westmoreland County Deed Books.
Westmoreland County Deed Book 4, Page 381-386.
[Deed for Alliance Furnace &
Lands from John Holker to Robert Smith, Mark Pringle, Hugh Moore & Samuel
Hughes.]
1799b Fayette County Court Records.
Minutes March Term 1799, Court of Quarter Sessions.
[Viewed ground between Jacob's Creek
Furnace & Road leading to Peterstown, agreed to public road from bridge
across Jacob's Creek at Alliance Furnace.]
1799c Fayette County Court Records. Minutes Sept.
Term 1799, Court of Quarter Sesions.
[Petition for vacating road from
Col. Holker's Iron Works to near Laurel Hill Meeting House.]
1800 Report of Cases in the County Courts Fifth Circuit.
(Addison;1800:259-60)
[Report of the suit by John Kirkpatrica
against Turnbull & Marmie, March, 1795.]
1807a Pittsburgh Gazette (Newspaper), Pittsburgh, PA, Mar.27,
1807.
[Ad. Alliance Iron Works &
Lands offered for Sale by Samuel Hughes.]
1807b Genius of Liberty & Fayette Advertiser (Newspaper), Uniontown,
PA, May 20, 1807.
[Ad. FOR SALE -- Those Iron
works with about Three Thousand Acres of land adjoining Jacob's Creek...
know a by the name Alliance Iron Works; & also stock on hand, &c.
on liberal terms... The premises will be shown by Mr. Stinchcomb, who
resides thereon... signed Saml. Hughes, Hagerstown, Maryland, dated
March 23d, 1807.]
Western Pennsylvania Historical
Society
1810 Holker Papers. Western Pennsylvania Historical Society,
Pittsburgh, PA
[Alliance Iron Works, materials, Iron,
etc. offered for Sale by P. Marmie.]
1815 Westmoreland County Deed Books.
Westmoreland County Deed Book 15, Page 113-119.
[Deed for Alliance Furnaces Lands.]
1817 Fayette County Deed Books. Fayette
County Deed Book 15, Page 129-127.
[Sale of Alliance Furnace lands by Col.
Holker to Paca Smith & by Smith to Henry S. Weitzer.]
Craig, Neville B.
1851 History of Pittsburgh. (Craig,1851:212).
[Mentions four hundred cannon balls being
made by the Alliance Furnace.]
1854 Sketch of the Life & Services of Isaac
Craig. (Craig,1854:n.p.) [Contains material of interest
in connection with the firm of Turnbull & Marmie and the Furnace at Jacob's
Creek.]
Rogers, Henry Darwin
1858 Geology of Pennsylvania. A Government
Survey. In two volumes.
Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott
& Company. (Rogers,1858,2:608) [Describes iron ore used at
Turnbull's Furnace & Forge, Jacob's Creek. States that the furnace stack
was in excellent condition in 1857.]
Bishop, J. Leander
1864 A History of American Manufactures From 1608 to
1860. 2 Vols.
Philadelphia, PA: Edward Young
& Company, No. 441, Chestnut St. (Bishop,1864:567-8). [Mentions
William Turnbull & Company's Furnace, built 1790. Also Turnbull
& Marmie Furnace & Forge, first blown-in, Nov. 1, 1790.]
Albert, George Dallas
1882a History of the County of
Westmoreland. (Albert,1882: ) [Contains a little bit
of information on Alliance Furnace, Jacob's Creek, Fayette County.]
Ellis, Franklin, ed.
1882b History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, PA: L.H.Everts
& Company. (Ellis,1882:233-35). [Contains a short history
of the establishment & demise of Alliance Furnace.]
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
1883 Report of the Secretary of Interior Affairs.
(Comm. PA.1883:27). [Historical Notes by Swank: Alliance
Iron Works, Furnace & Forge, on Jacob's Creek, 2mi. above the Youghiogheny
River, Fayette Co., built in 1790 by William Turnbull & Peter Marmie,
stack still standing, but in ruins.]
Nevin, R. P.
1888 Les Trois Rois.
Pittsburgh, PA:
n.p. (Nevin,1888:57-58). [Contains the story of the
Legend of Peter Marmie and his hounds, leaping into the mouth of Alliance
Furnace.]
Wiley, Samuel I.
1889 Cyclopdia of Fayette County.
(Wiley,1888:446). [Samuel Martin was a furnace-man at
Turnbull's Furnace, Fayette Co., in 1790.]
Swank, James M.
1891 History of the Manufacture of Iron.
(Swank, 1891:214). [Contains a mention of Alliance Furnace.]
Darlington, Mary Carson
1892 Fort Pitt and Letters from the Frontier.
Pittsburgh, PA: J.P.Weldin &
Company. (Darlington,1892:259). Contains letters dealing with
Turnbull & Marmie's Company.]
Rowe, A. L.
1902 Among the Hills of Jacob's Creek (Rowe:1907:n.p.)
[A story about Alliance Furnace. Published in "The Watchword,"
August 19, 1902]
Reed, George Irving, ed.
1904 Century Cyclopedia of History & Biography of
Pennsylvania. Vol. 1.
Chicago, IL: The Century Publishing
and Engraving Company. (Reed,1904:100-101). [Alliance Furnace
& Alliance Forge, Jacob's Creel, Fayette County, put in-blast Nov. 1,
1790, built by William Turnbull, Peter Marmie & Col. John Holker, in-blast
till 1802.]
Swank, James M.
1908 Progressive Pennsylvania.
(Swank,1908:191) [Contains a short write-up on Alliance
Iron Works, it was first blown-in Nov. 1, 1790.]
Dahlinger, Charles W.
1922 Fort Pitt.
Pittsburgh,PA: Privately Printed.
(Dahlinger,1902:80). [Contains mentions of the firm Turnbull
& Marmie.]
Frese, Mrs. Bernard, Jr.
1930 Correspondence of Thomas J. Norris, Pres. Jacob's Creek
Oil Company. (Frese,1930:n.p.) [Correspondence of
Thomas J. Norris concerning Alliance Furnace, and the history of the furnace.
Including pictures of the furnace site. In authors
collections.]
Sons of the American Revolution
1932 Fort Necessity & Historic Shrines of the Redstone
County. (S.A.R.,1932:109-111). [Contains a short
history of Alliance Furnace.]
Turnbull, Archibald Douglas
1933 William Turnbull, 1751-1822, with some accounts of those
coming after.
New York, NY: Privately Printed.
(Turnbull,1933:n.p.). [The Life of William Turnbull, one of the
builders of Alliance Furnace.]
1935a Fayette County Deed Books. Fayette County
Deed Book 68, Page 107.
[Lease of Alliance Furnace Lands
from Jacobs Creek Oil Company to Peoples Natural Gas Company, Aug. 17, 1935.]
1935b Westmoreland County Deed Books.
Westmoreland County Deed Book 962, Page 215.
[Jacobs Creek Oil Company lease
of Alliance Furnaces Lands to Peoples Natural Gas Company.
Knopf,
1953 Issac Craig Collection. (Knopf,1953:n.p.).
[Collection of correspondence concerning Alliance Furnace.]
Sharp, Myron B., William H. Thomas,
1966 Guide to the Old Stone Blast Furnaces in Western
Pennsylvania. (Sharp & Thomas,1966:43-44). [Gives the
description & location of Wiliam Turnbull, John Holker & Peter Marmie's
Alliance Furnace, Jacobs Creek, Fayette.]
Van Atta, Robert
1972 Old Iron Furnaces.
Published in "Scene Magazine,"
Nov.-Dec., 1972: pp.30-35. Scottdale, PA: Laurel Highlands
Publishing Company. (Van Atta,1972:33). [Alliance Furnace, Jacobs Creek,
NE Perryopolis, Fayette Co., built 1789, operated until 1802, much of the
ruins of the furnace remain.]
T. & R. Bureau, Fayette Co.
1976 Old Iron Furnaces of Fayette County. (T.
& R. Bureau,1976:n.p.) [Contains the location & short complilation
of data on Alliance Furnace.]
Shaw, Mary Jane, ed.
1978 Iron Furnaces Fayette & Westmoreland
Counties.
Published in "Westmoreland-Fayette
Historical Society Newsletter," Vol. 1, No. 7, April, 1978:n.p. West
Overton, PA: Westmoreland-Fayette Historical Society.
(Shaw,1978:n.p.). [A compilation of data on the iron furnaces,
contains a short write-up on Alliance Furnace.]
Heald, Sarah H., ed.
1990 Fayette County, Pennsylvania: An Inventory of Historic
Engineering and Industrial Sites. America's Industrial Heritage
Project. (Heald,1990:25,26). [Contains a short history & location
of Alliance Iron Works. Contains data relating to the date of construction
of the furnace, that has been interpreted incorrectly.] |
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