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James P. Allaire

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349:, an embargo on British products and goods caused businessmen like Allaire much difficulty in procuring the resources needed for America's fledgling industrial base. For Allaire, the embargo created a scarcity of iron stock necessary for his manufacturing operations and led him to look at acquiring a satisfactory means of assuring a steady, inexpensive supply of raw materials. 377:
process only takes about 25 to 35 years, making it an ideal, almost perpetual resource for industry but only if treated with respect. If the ore bed is left undeveloped and unpolluted, the beds can be mined indefinitely. Farther south in New Jersey, the operators of furnaces were forced to purchase ore from
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consists of iron particles from deeper in the soil. As the water passes through these areas of loamy soil, also called marl, it deposits a solution of iron carbonate which rises up to the surface. This iron carbonate then combines with the surface soil and, over time, hardens into a solid mass. This
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ore. This bog ore, so called because of its formation in marshes and swampy areas, was a valuable resource in America before the discovery of vast ore deposits in the mountains of Northern New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Unlike the latter ore, bog ore is easily accessible and requires no deep shaft or
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during the Carolina campaigns. Anthony Allaire kept a journal before and after the Battle of King's Mountain in October of 1780, recounting the battle, his capture, the Loyalists' prisoners brutal treatment, and his eventual escape to British lines in Charleston, SC. There is also a transcript of
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his court-martial for killing a fellow soldier over a dispute about the hiring of an Irish bagpiper in Charleston to impress a girl on St. Patrick's Day in 1781. He was acquitted of the charges based on a claim of self-defense. He settled in Nova Scotia, Canada after the war.
284:, indicates a high probability that the relevant branch of the Allaire family may have remained in New York during and after the British evacuation. Sometime after 1793, the Allaire patriarch purchased a house in New York City, and found work as a 337:
where his brass foundry was located. By 1820, Allaire was operating that largest marine engine building shop in the United States. He personally held a number of patents for steam engine improvements developed at his shop, which was known as the
42: 295:, a brass founder in the city. Allaire would marry Frances Duncan, a distant cousin, two years later, and he continued to advance at the brass foundry. They would eventually have nine children, five of whom lived to adulthood. 606: 322:, Fulton's chief engineer. Under that partnership, Allaire and Stoutinger built the engine for Fulton's last steamship design, the Chancellor Livingston, as well as the air cylinder for the 591: 601: 611: 596: 486: 364:
More significantly, bog ore is a renewable resource when mined and utilized with care. It is produced when rain water leaches out humic and
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individuals and families fled New York to Canada during the British evacuation of New York after the
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Allaire's uncle, Anthony Allaire, fought with the British Armies during the war under Col.
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Birth of the Jersey Shore:: The Personalities & Politics that Built America's Resort
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By 1806, having learned the brass business, Allaire opened his own foundry. Before the
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In 1802, at the age of 17, his oldest son, James Peter, began working for
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When Soutinger died shortly thereafter, Allaire removed the business to
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What initially interested Allaire in the property now known as
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Allaire was born either in his family's ancestral home city of
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Allaire Village Official Website (New Jersey Historic Site)
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shop and tolls from the estate. He then took as a partner
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Industrialist, Engineer, Inventor, Merchant, Philanthropist
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History of science and technology in the United States
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Who Was Who in America: Historical Volume, 1607-1896.
232:. His credits also include building both the first 203: 195: 135: 127: 119: 111: 100: 78: 48: 32: 104:Allaire Family Cemetery, Old Huguenot Cemetery, 356:was the presence of significant quantities of 8: 381:, because the ore beds had been over-mined. 302:, Allaire's foundry received an order from 236:for marine use and the first New York City 592:Businesspeople from New Rochelle, New York 40: 29: 157: 416: 161: 602:People from Wall Township, New Jersey 7: 612:19th-century American businesspeople 310:, the first commercially successful 252:, or under self-preserving exile in 224:company in New York City, and later 123:Less than Elementary (undocumented) 25: 597:Businesspeople from New York City 476:Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1963. 266:United States War of Independence 115:American Colonist (United States) 306:to make the brass works for the 184: 153: 65:, United States (probable) or 1: 278:Peter A. Allaire of New York, 270:Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia 256:, Canada. A large number of 254:Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia 27:Mechanic and engine builder 628: 447:Randall Gabrielan (2015). 282:Colonial American Loyalist 262:Paris Peace Treaty of 1783 230:Wall Township, New Jersey 39: 361:strip mining to get it. 354:Historic Allaire Village 174:Calicia Allaire Tompkins 544:www.royalprovincial.com 379:Staten Island, New York 220:(est. 1815), the first 160:⁠–⁠ 453:. Arcadia Publishing. 340:James P. Allaire Works 250:New Rochelle, New York 106:New Rochelle, New York 63:New Rochelle, New York 505:Allaire Village, Inc. 424:"James Peter Allaire" 234:compound steam engine 274:Continental Congress 272:. Petitions to the 222:marine steam engine 214:James Peter Allaire 73:, Canada (possible) 34:James Peter Allaire 18:James Peter Allaire 435:allairevillage.org 429:2012-02-06 at the 218:Allaire Iron Works 495:. March 10, 2017. 396:Banastre Tarleton 320:Charles Soutinger 211: 210: 199:Charles Soutinger 16:(Redirected from 619: 554: 553: 551: 550: 536: 530: 529: 527: 526: 520:www.tngenweb.org 512: 506: 503: 497: 496: 483: 477: 471: 465: 464: 444: 438: 421: 400:Patrick Ferguson 293:Francis Elsworth 228:(est. 1822), in 188: 186: 165: 163: 159: 155: 85: 58: 56: 44: 30: 21: 627: 626: 622: 621: 620: 618: 617: 616: 572: 571: 563: 558: 557: 548: 546: 538: 537: 533: 524: 522: 514: 513: 509: 504: 500: 492:Allaire Village 485: 484: 480: 472: 468: 461: 446: 445: 441: 431:Wayback Machine 422: 418: 413: 392: 390:Anthony Allaire 387: 316:Jersey City, NJ 258:"Tory" Loyalist 246: 244:Life and career 191: 190: 187: 1846) 182: 178: 175: 167: 151: 147: 96: 87: 83: 74: 67:Annapolis Royal 60: 54: 52: 35: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 625: 623: 615: 614: 609: 604: 599: 594: 589: 584: 574: 573: 570: 569: 562: 561:External links 559: 556: 555: 531: 507: 498: 478: 466: 459: 439: 415: 414: 412: 409: 391: 388: 386: 383: 370:carbon dioxide 331:Corlear's Hook 286:livery stabler 245: 242: 209: 208: 205: 201: 200: 197: 193: 192: 180: 176: 173: 172: 171: 170: 149: 146:Frances Duncan 145: 144: 143: 142: 139: 137: 133: 132: 129: 125: 124: 121: 117: 116: 113: 109: 108: 102: 98: 97: 88: 86:(aged 72) 80: 76: 75: 61: 50: 46: 45: 37: 36: 33: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 624: 613: 610: 608: 605: 603: 600: 598: 595: 593: 590: 588: 585: 583: 580: 579: 577: 568: 565: 564: 560: 545: 541: 535: 532: 521: 517: 511: 508: 502: 499: 494: 493: 488: 482: 479: 475: 470: 467: 462: 460:9781626197060 456: 452: 451: 443: 440: 436: 432: 428: 425: 420: 417: 410: 408: 405: 401: 397: 389: 384: 382: 380: 375: 371: 367: 362: 359: 355: 350: 348: 343: 341: 336: 332: 327: 325: 321: 317: 313: 309: 305: 304:Robert Fulton 301: 296: 294: 289: 287: 283: 279: 276:in 1784 by a 275: 271: 267: 263: 259: 255: 251: 243: 241: 239: 235: 231: 227: 223: 219: 215: 206: 202: 198: 194: 169: 168: 141: 140: 138: 134: 130: 128:Occupation(s) 126: 122: 118: 114: 110: 107: 103: 101:Resting place 99: 95: 91: 81: 77: 72: 68: 64: 59:July 12, 1785 51: 47: 43: 38: 31: 19: 547:. Retrieved 543: 534: 523:. Retrieved 519: 510: 501: 490: 481: 473: 469: 449: 442: 434: 419: 393: 366:tannic acids 363: 351: 344: 328: 297: 290: 277: 247: 226:Howell Works 213: 212: 90:Howell Works 84:(1858-05-20) 82:May 20, 1858 587:1858 deaths 582:1785 births 404:rifle corps 347:War of 1812 345:During the 300:War of 1812 240:structure. 112:Nationality 71:Nova Scotia 576:Categories 549:2022-06-27 525:2022-06-27 411:References 398:and Major 264:ended the 94:New Jersey 55:1785-07-12 335:Manhattan 333:in lower 312:steamboat 120:Education 427:Archived 374:leachate 358:bog iron 324:Savannah 308:Clermont 238:tenement 204:Children 196:Partner 189:​ 181:​ 177:​ 166:​ 150:​ 136:Spouses 457:  385:Family 156:  183:( 179: 164:) 152:( 148: 455:ISBN 368:and 162:1836 158:1804 79:Died 49:Born 402:'s 578:: 542:. 518:. 489:. 433:, 342:. 288:. 280:a 207:10 185:m. 154:m. 92:, 69:, 552:. 528:. 463:. 437:. 57:) 53:( 20:)

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James Peter Allaire

New Rochelle, New York
Annapolis Royal
Nova Scotia
Howell Works
New Jersey
New Rochelle, New York
Allaire Iron Works
marine steam engine
Howell Works
Wall Township, New Jersey
compound steam engine
tenement
New Rochelle, New York
Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
"Tory" Loyalist
Paris Peace Treaty of 1783
United States War of Independence
Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
Continental Congress
Colonial American Loyalist
livery stabler
Francis Elsworth
War of 1812
Robert Fulton
Clermont
steamboat
Jersey City, NJ
Charles Soutinger

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