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William Bird (1706-1761) : ironmaster of Berks County, Pennsylvania, a biographical sketch /
"William Bird (1705/06) was an early Pennyslvania ironmaster and an influential and prominent citizen in what became Berks County. He had immigrated from Ireland to Pennsylvania in the 1720s as an indentured servant. By 1729, he was living in the Manatawny Region in Philadelphia County, probabl...
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[Pennsylvania] :
Friends of Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site,
[2019]
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a William Bird (1706-1761) : |b ironmaster of Berks County, Pennsylvania, a biographical sketch / |c by Daniel A Graham. |
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| 264 | 1 | |a [Pennsylvania] : |b Friends of Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, |c [2019] | |
| 264 | 3 | |a Morganstown, PA. : |b Mastof Press, |c [2019] | |
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| 300 | |a viii, 80 pages : |b illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps ; |c 23 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-74) and index. | ||
| 520 | |a "William Bird (1705/06) was an early Pennyslvania ironmaster and an influential and prominent citizen in what became Berks County. He had immigrated from Ireland to Pennsylvania in the 1720s as an indentured servant. By 1729, he was living in the Manatawny Region in Philadelphia County, probably working for pioneer ironmaster Thomas Rutter. He became involved in Pennsylvania's early iron industry, buying and parenting large tracts of land. Over his lifetime, he constructed a gristmill, three forges and a furnace ... Bird was instrumental in establishing Berks County in 1752"--Page vii | ||
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