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Thomas Rutter (1660 – March 12, 1730) was an American ironmaster and abolitionist who constructed the first blast furnace and the first iron forge in the Province of Pennsylvania.[1]

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  1. 31 relations: Abolitionism in the United States, Blast furnace, Bloomery, Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, British America, England, Fireplace fireback, Fugitive slaves in the United States, George Keith (missionary), Germantown, Philadelphia, Iron plantation, Ironmaster, John Potts (Pennsylvanian), Jonathan Dickinson (New Jersey minister), Manatawny Creek, National Register of Historic Places, Parkersville Friends Meetinghouse, Pennsbury Manor, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pine Forge Academy, Pine Forge Mansion and Industrial Site, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, Province of Pennsylvania, Quakers, Reading Eagle, Seventh-day Adventist education, The Pennsylvania Gazette, Underground Railroad, University of Pennsylvania, William Penn.

  2. 18th-century American artisans
  3. 18th-century ironmasters
  4. American ironmasters

Abolitionism in the United States

In the United States, abolitionism, the movement that sought to end slavery in the country, was active from the colonial era until the American Civil War, the end of which brought about the abolition of American slavery, except as punishment for a crime, through the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (ratified 1865). Thomas Rutter and abolitionism in the United States are American abolitionists.

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Blast furnace

A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals, generally pig iron, but also others such as lead or copper.

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Bloomery

A bloomery is a type of metallurgical furnace once used widely for smelting iron from its oxides.

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Bristol Township, Pennsylvania

Bristol Township is a township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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British America

British America comprised the colonial territories of the English Empire, and the successor British Empire, in the Americas from 1607 to 1783.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Fireplace fireback

A fireplace fireback is a piece of heavy cast iron, sized in proportion to the fireplace and the fire, which is placed against the back wall of the fireplace.

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Fugitive slaves in the United States

In the United States, fugitive slaves or runaway slaves were terms used in the 18th and 19th centuries to describe people who fled slavery.

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George Keith (missionary)

George Keith (1638/1639 – 27 March 1716) was a Scottish religious leader, a Presbyterian turned Quaker turned Anglican.

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Germantown, Philadelphia

Germantown (Deutschstadt) is an area in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Iron plantation

Iron plantations were rural localities emergent in the late-18th century and predominant in the early-19th century that specialized in the production of pig iron and bar iron from crude iron ore.

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Ironmaster

An ironmaster is the manager, and usually owner, of a forge or blast furnace for the processing of iron.

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John Potts (Pennsylvanian)

John Potts (c. 1710 – 6 June 1768) was the founder of Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Thomas Rutter and John Potts (Pennsylvanian) are 18th-century Quakers.

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Jonathan Dickinson (New Jersey minister)

Jonathan Dickinson (April 22, 1688 – October 7, 1747) was a Congregational, later Presbyterian, minister, a leader in the Great Awakening of the 1730s and 1740s, and a co-founder and first president of the College of New Jersey, which later became Princeton University.

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Manatawny Creek

Manatawny Creek is an U.S. Geological Survey.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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Parkersville Friends Meetinghouse

Parkersville Friends Meetinghouse, also known as Kennett Preparative Meeting of Friends, is a historic Quaker meeting house located in Pennsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

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Pennsbury Manor

Pennsbury Manor is the colonial estate of William Penn, founder and proprietor of the Colony of Pennsylvania, who lived there from 1699 to 1701.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

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Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) is the governmental agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, responsible for the collection, conservation, and interpretation of Pennsylvania's heritage.

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Pine Forge Academy

Pine Forge Academy is a co-educational, Seventh-day Adventist Christian boarding school that serves grades nine through twelve.

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Pine Forge Mansion and Industrial Site

The Pine Forge Mansion and Industrial Site, also known as Thomas Rutter's Mansion and the Pine Forge Iron Plantation, is an historic, American iron plantation and mansion and national historic district located in Douglass Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

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Pottstown, Pennsylvania

Pottstown is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Province of Pennsylvania

The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British North American colony founded by William Penn, who received the land through a grant from Charles II of England in 1681.

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Quakers

Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations.

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Reading Eagle

The Reading Eagle is the major daily newspaper in Reading, Pennsylvania.

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Seventh-day Adventist education

The Seventh-day Adventist educational system, part of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, is overseen by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists located in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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The Pennsylvania Gazette

The Pennsylvania Gazette was one of the United States' most prominent newspapers from 1728 until 1800.

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Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century.

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University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania, commonly referenced as Penn or UPenn, is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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William Penn

William Penn (–) was an English writer, religious thinker, and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania during the British colonial era.

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See also

18th-century American artisans

18th-century ironmasters

American ironmasters

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Rutter