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Alfred Hunt (April 5, 1817 - March 27, 1888) was the first president of Bethlehem Iron Company, precursor of Bethlehem Steel Corporation. April 5 is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (87th in leap years). ...
Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Bethlehem_Works. ...
Bethlehem Steel Corporations manufacturing facility in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the United States. ...
He was born of Quaker parentage at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, the eldest child of Caleb Hunt (1786-1834) and the former Rhoda Matthews (1789-1829), widow of Joseph Bartlett (1781-1810) of Talbot County, Maryland. Shortly after their father's death, family members brought the seven Hunt children to Moorestown, New Jersey. Here they were cared for by their father's brother, Elisha Hunt, and his wife, the former Mary Hussey, on their 82-acre farm. Brownsville is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 35 miles (56 km) south of Pittsburgh along the Monongahela River. ...
Talbot County is a county located in the state of Maryland. ...
Moorestown is a place located in Burlington County, New Jersey. ...
In 1850, Hunt and John C. Fremont formed a business relationship to mine gold at Fremont's ranch in California. John C. Frémont John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813-July 13, 1890), birth name John Charles Fremon [Harvey, p. ...
His career in the iron and steel industry began in 1849 when the firm of Rowland & Hunt began operation of The Cheltenham Rolling Mill, Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania.[1] Cheltenham Township is a township located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ...
Hunt was elected president of the fledgling Bethlehem Iron Company by the board of directors on July 15, 1860. He remained president until his death.
Alfred Hunt died at Moorestown and is interred in the family plot at Colestown Cemetery, Cherry Hill Township, New Jersey. Colestown Cemetery is in Cherry Hill Township in Camden County, New Jersey. ...
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References - Bethlehem Globe-Times (March 28, 1888), "Alfred Hunt, the well known president of the Bethlehem Iron Company dead."
- Davis (1877), "Bethlehem Iron Company", History of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and Reading: Peter Fritts, Chapter XLV, p. 212-213
- Fremont, John C. (1850), Correspndence to Alfred Hunt (Six letters which are in a private collection.)
- Hall, P. J. (1915), "History of South Bethlehem, Pa.", Semi-centennial, the borough of South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1865-1915, Quinlan Printing Co.
- Hynes, Judy (1997), The descendants of John and Elizabeth (Woolman) Borton, Mount Holly, New Jersey: John Woolman Memorial Association
- Swank, James Moore (1892), History of the manufacture of iron in all ages: ..., Philadelphia: The American Iron and Steel Association, 554 pages
External links - Alfred Hunt's obituary
- Hunt family history
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