Betty, See, I told you all that I was copying the ENTIRE index and there really is a mention of nails. Here it is: " James G. Gibbes, whilst manager of the Saluda Factory, bought the rest of the old houses in Granby from Capt. Alexander R. Taylor, for $300, where he converted them into dwellings and outhouses for the operatives, he found great difficulty in drawing out the wrought nails with which they had been built. These had been made before the introduction of cut nails, and were hammered out separately on the anvil by the blacksmith, and, owing to their roughness, they adhered to the wood so as to split the boards and leave Gibbes less profit than he had expected from the purchase." Blanche