Minutes, 1806-1868.

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Minutes, 1806-1868.

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Minutes of the directors' meetings of the New Hampshire Iron Factory Company, 1806-1868. Most of the minutes are sparse on details, merely mentioning nonspecific financial matters (for example, authorizing payments but not saying specifically for what) and recording the election of officers, but some of the minutes do give more information about the business of the company. From the minutes, one learns that a flood damaged the facilities in Franconia in 1811. Another year, the man in charge of the foundry is to be paid for the expense of moving his wife, and she is to receive enough material to make a dress. Finances were a major concern; in 1852, it was decided to sell off all the property and stock in order to pay the company's debts. This decision generated several long reports that give a great deal of information about the facilities and the work that was being done. After this, the company continued to struggle along for some time. Scattered throughout the volume are several printed notices giving the text of a decision made by the town of Franconia in 1880 not to tax the company for ten years provided the company put and kept the iron works in operation.

1 v. ; 34 cm.

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New Hampshire Iron Factory Company

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The New Hampshire Iron Factory Company facilities were in Bath and Franconia, New Hampshire, although the directors' meetings were held in Lynn, Salem, Boston, and Danvers, Massachusetts. There was a company store in Bath, and forges and furnaces for pig and bar iron in Franconia, along with a farm, gristmill, sawmill, timberland, tavern, and other facilities. From the description of Minutes, 1806-1868. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 261233214 ...