Records, 1854-1957.

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Records, 1854-1957.

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The records consist of a selection of material removed from the plant after the sale to Pickands Mather & Company. Most of the material antedating the 1906 incorporation appears not to have survived. The records were received in two lots designated Accession 1032 and Accession 1070, the first and larger including the account books, production records, sales records, and inventories.

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Hagley Museum & Library

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Baltimore Chrome Works

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Carter, John, 1800-1877.

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John Carter was a birthright Quaker, born in 1800 to John and Rebecca Carter of Deer Creek Monthly Meeting in Maryland. In 1834 he married Sarah Shoemaker, daughter of Nathan and Sarah Shoemaker of Philadelphia. They were members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Southern District and had ten children. John Carter died in 1877. From the description of Family correspondence, 1827-1870. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 30755901 ...

Carter & Scattergood.

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Henry Bower & Sons.

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Manufacturing Chemists' Association (U.S.)

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Bower, Henry, 1833-1896

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Harrison, Thomas S. (Thomas Skelton), 1837-1919

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Rowland, William L., -1929

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Thayer, Sydney, d. 1932.

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Bower, George R. (George Rosengarten), 1866-1919

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Philadelphia Gas Works

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Scattergood, Joseph, 1808-1877.

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Joseph Scattergood was a prominent Quaker, born in 1808 to James and Ann Scattergood of Philadelphia. He was interested in the history of conscientious objection, did work for native American groups in New York State, and started a fund which helped to establish a boarding school, Scattergood Seminary, in 1890. From the description of An account of the Free Quakers, 1781-1885 [bulk 1781-1802]. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 30992068 ...

Edwin H. Fitler Company.

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Bower family.

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Hart family

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Ammonia Company of Philadelphia

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Michigan Alkali Company

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Mutual Chemical Company of America

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Henry Bower Beneficial Society.

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Bower, William H. (William Henry), 1864-1956

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Kalion Chemical Company

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Henry Bower Chemical Manufacturing Company

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The Henry Bower Chemical Manufacturing Company was formed in 1906 by the merger of the Ammonia Company of Philadelphia, the Kalion Chemical Company and the Baltimore Chrome Works. It was controlled by the Bower family until November 1967, when it was sold to Pickands Mather & Company of Cleveland. Henry Bower (1833-1896) was the son of Wilhelm Bauer (who anglicized his name to William Bower), a drug broker who came from Hamburg to Philadelphia in 1825. His uncle, Geo...