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Johnsons Plan to Build a Furnace Near Catoctin Bank
Johnsons dissolve partnership with Jacques and move James and family to Frederck Town. Four Johnsons form James Johnson and Company to prepare a furnace near their Catoctin ore banks as Frederick County grows in the Monocacy Valley and markets for metal goods emerge. An English visitor notes German settlers making various wares in the area.
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