The Iron and the Flame

In 1787, a young Quaker arrives in Philadelphia with sixty pounds and a letter of introduction to an iron merchant. He is supposed to learn the ledger, learn the prices, and come home before the frost.

He does not come home before the frost.

Benjamin Jones - fifth generation of a Welsh Quaker family that crossed the Atlantic with nothing but faith and a gold ring - begins as a merchant's apprentice on Chestnut Street and ends as the ironmaster of the New Jersey Pine Barrens. What starts as a ...