Records, 1845-1898.

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Records, 1845-1898.

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Financial records, bank account books, bonds, tax papers, bills and receipts, leases, deeds, legal papers, lists of stockholders, and correspondence of the Bay State Iron Company of South Boston. Among the directors of the company were F. Gordon Dexter, Thornton K. Lothrop, and John H. Reed. The Bay State Iron Company won an International Exhibit award for boiler plate from the U.S. Centennial Commission in 1876 but ran into financial difficulties in the 1880s. Also included are a letterbook (1856-73) of Benjamin T. Reed as treasurer of the company, and a ledger containing inventories and accounts of trusts, including investments and income, of Reed's estate and its disbursement (1874-88). All of the company's assets and obligations were sold to John H. Reed in 1898.

3 boxes, 20 v., and 3 oversize v.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6903903

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Reed, John H., 1937-

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John H. Reed was a resident of Dyersburg, Tennessee and owner of Reed's Drug Store during the later part of the 19th century and early part of the 20th century. His father of the same name served as a captain in the American Civil War with Company G of the First Alabama Cavalry, United States Volunteers. From the description of John H. Reed letters, 1858-1950. (University of Tennessee at Martin). WorldCat record id: 33160521 ...

Dexter, Franklin Gordon, 1824-1903.

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Lothrop, Thornton Kirkland, 1830-1913

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Reed, Benjamin Tyler, 1801-1874

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Bay State Iron Company (Boston, Mass.)

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