Salem Iron Factory Company Records, 1796-1844.

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Salem Iron Factory Company Records, 1796-1844.

Iron factory located along the Waters River in Danvers, MA. Collection contains account books, correspondence, stock certificates, bills, and receipts.

4 boxes (2 linear feet).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7898359

Peabody Essex Museum

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Rea, Archelaus

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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 ...