Letterpress copybooks, 1848-1905.

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Letterpress copybooks, 1848-1905.

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Letter books containing letterpress copies of correspondence from Cooper, Hewitt & Co. (1848-1905) signed Cooper & Hewitt (Edward Cooper and Abram S. Hewitt) concerning their activities as agents for the Trenton Iron Co., managing all purchases of ore, coal, and other raw materials, all sales of finished iron, supplies of credit for current operations, daily instructions for operation, maintenance of accounts, sales of railroad rails, blooms, billets, pig iron, flats, rounds, wire for fence and bridges, iron ore, coal, administration problems, their agency for Welsh and European mill output, publicity, developments in equipment and processes, materials for gun barrels during the Civil War, development of the iron and steel industry, etc. In addition to those letters addressed to officers of the Trenton Iron Co., a high percentage of letters are to railroad companies, while a smaller number are to public leaders and concern matters of public interest in New York.

291 v. (ca. 1,000 p. each)

New-York Historical Society

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