Salem Iron Factory Company records, 1797-1832 (inclusive), 1797-1799 (bulk)

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Salem Iron Factory Company records, 1797-1832 (inclusive), 1797-1799 (bulk)

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Records of the Salem Iron Factory Company, 1797-1832, consisting of waste-books, account books, a cash book, memorandum book, and correspondence, used by the company between 1797 and 1799. The bulk of the second waste-book pertains to the administration of Nathan Read's estate and business activities in Belfast, Maine, between 1824 and 1832.

2 linear ft. (5 vols., 1 boxes)

Baker Library, Harvard Business School

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Read, Nathan, 1759-1849

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Owner of Salem Iron Works, Salem, Mass. From the description of Nathan Read autograph letter signed, 1810. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 320772366 ...

Salem Iron Factory Company

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The Salem Iron Factory Company, manufacturer of anchors and other iron products, began as a voluntary joint stock company as early as May, 1796, in Danvers, Massachusetts. The company was granted a charter in 1800 and incorporated in 1804. Of the twenty proprietors, nineteen were from Salem, Massachusetts--Ebenezer Beckford, William Gray, Jr., Joseph Sprague, Benjamin Hodges, William Stearns, Edward Augustus Holyoke, Joshua Ward, Jacob Ashton, Abel Lawrence, Jerathmel Pierce, Aaron ...