Robert Coleman was an American industrialist and politician who became Pennsylvania's first millionaire.
Anne Old Coleman by Jacob Eichholtz, 1815
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Cornwall Iron Furnace is a designated National Historic Landmark that is administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in Cornwall, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania in the United State
Robert Coleman (industrialist)
…He left Dickinson College dividends and fifty shares in the Carlisle Bank worth $1,140. His legacy was retained through the surviving companies of the Cornwall Iron Furnace company until the industry was replaced by steel manufacturing late in the 19th century. Coleman Papers Collection, Series 1, 1759-1904…
Main building at Cornwall Iron Furnace