Sellers list "A.S. Joy " in Pittsburgh, but does not list " Henry Mason" except in Lancaster, 1759. Is Henry Mason of Pittsburgh a known gunmaker to those who study Western PA guns or is he now newly discovered. Anyone ever seen a gun by H. Mason? Could Sellers both date and place of residence be wrong? ( Info provided by Rick Thomas)
Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine
Vol 26, Number 3-4, Sept/Dec 1943
THE COMING CENTENNIAL OF THE GREAT FIRE
A committee of the Historical Society of Western Pennsylania, headed by
Henry KingSiebeneck, Esq., is beginning to make preparations for a suitable
observance of the one hundredth anniversary of the fire that destroyed a large
part of Pittsburgh on April10, 1845. Among other things the committee proposes
to form an "Association of Descendants of Pittsburghers of 1845," of
whom there must be many thousands in the Pittsburgh district and elsewhere
throughout the country.
As a means of reaching and securing the cooperation of such descendants, a
list of Pittsburghers who suffered losses in the fire is reprinted below. It is
taken from J. Heron Foster's A FullAccount of the Great Fire at Pittsburgh
published in that city soon after the event. Obviously, not all the people
resident in or near Pittsburgh at that time are included, but the list is exceptionally
inclusive, detailed, and useful so far as itgoes
SECOND OR SOUTH WARD
A. S. Joy, gunsmith, 150
Henry Mason, gunsmith 700
Hurricane.
