xt7vt43hxt41 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7vt43hxt41/data/mets.xml https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7vt43hxt41/data/87W1.dao.xml unknown 1796-1797, 1864-1866 collections 87W1 English Copyright has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky.  Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. Bourbon Furnace ledger Blast-furnaces -- Kentucky Business records -- Kentucky -- Bath County. Cast-iron. Furnaces -- Records and correspondence. Iron foundries -- Kentucky -- Bath County. Iron industry and trade -- Kentucky -- Bath County. Ledgers (account books) Bourbon Furnace ledger text 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 item Bourbon Furnace ledger 1796 1796-1797, 1864-1866 2022 true xt7vt43hxt41 collection true 87w1 87w1 Bourbon Furnace ledger Guide to the Bourbon Furnace ledger, 1796-1797, 1864-1866  87W1 Processed by: Archives Staff ; machine-readable finding aid created by:Eric Weig University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center Special Collections Research Center University of Kentucky Libraries Margaret I. King Library Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0039 URL:  This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on  2022-01-28 14:40:23 -0500 . Description is in English. Describing Archives: A Content Standard 2022 January 28 Description and inventory revised by Megan Mummey 
   
     
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     Bourbon Furnace ledger 
     87W1 
     
       0.1 Cubic Feet 
       1 item 
     
     1796-1797, 1864-1866 
     The Bourbon Furnace ledger (dated 1796-1797, 1864-1866; 0.1 cubic feet; 1 item) contains accounts of the Bourbon Furnace of Bath County, Ky., January 15, 1796 to November 30, 1797. 
     
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     Conditions Governing Access 
 Collection is open to researchers by appointment.    
   
     Arrangement 
 Collection is arranged chronologically.    
   
     Historical note 
 Bourbon Furnace, established in 1791, was the first iron furnace west of the Allegheny Mountains. It was located three miles south of Owingsville, Ky. in Bath County and was owned and operated by John Cockey Owings and Company. In 1795 Thomas Deye Owings, of Cockeyville, Md., moved to Kentucky at the request of this father, John Cockey Owings, to assume the management of the company. Originally built for the purpose of casting ten gallon kettles for the boiling of saline water for salt, the furnace began to diversify its products with the demand for other manufactured iron utensils and implements. During the War of 1812 the request for iron increased because of the requirements of war, and orders for cannon balls, canister and grapeshot came to the Bourbon Furnace. Colonel Owings continued to operate the Bourbon Furnace until 1822 when he failed financially, after which time the property was sold under various court orders, subsequently purchased by Robert Wickliffe of Lexington and operated by him until the furnace went out of blast in 1838.    
   
     Preferred Citation 
 87W1: [Identification of item], Bourbon Furnace ledger, 1796-1797, 1864-1866, University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.    
   
     Related Materials 
 47M14, Thomas Dye Owings papers, 1817-1850, 1923-1933, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.    
   
     Scope and Contents 
 The Bourbon Furnace ledger (dated 1796-1797, 1864-1866; 0.1 cubic feet; 1 item) contains accounts of the Bourbon Furnace of Bath County, Ky., January 15, 1796 to November 30, 1797. The ledger includes accounts paid, accounts receivable and house expenses as well as the names of clients who purchased iron materials from the company. At the back of the ledger are what appear to be medical notes and accounts for the years 1864 to 1866.    
   
     Conditions Governing Use 
 Copyright has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky.    
   
     Blast-furnaces -- Kentucky 
     Business records -- Kentucky -- Bath County. 
     Cast-iron. 
     Furnaces -- Records and correspondence. 
     Iron foundries -- Kentucky -- Bath County. 
     Iron industry and trade -- Kentucky -- Bath County. 
     Ledgers (account books) 
   
   Bourbon Furnace ledger 1796-1797 1