New Bedford, Massachusetts; its history, industries, institutions and attractions (1889) (14776188391)

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Title: New Bedford, Massachusetts; its history, industries, institutions and attractions
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: New Bedford (Mass.). Board of Trade Pease, Zeph. W. (Zephaniah Walter), b. 1861 Hough, George A Sayer, William L. (William Lawton), 1848-1914
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Publisher: (New Bedford) Mercury publishing company, printers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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of the best, possessing all the elements of real silver and beauty, finish, elegance, and grace of form, and the product is in a style con-forming to the highest rules of art.The company manufactures allvarieties of useful and ornamentalhousehold goods in great variety,including knives, forks, spoons,cake baskets, and an almost end-less variety of table ware, hat,hair, clothes, and crumb brushes,candlesticks, casters, card receiv-ers, communion ware, ice pitchersets, epergnes, jewel, cigar, andcigarette cases, wine coolers, ashreceivers, match safes, etc., etc. The company organized in 1880 with Edward D. Mandell as president, Alexander H. Seabury as treasurer, and T. J. Pairpoint, superintendent. The capital stock was originally $100,000, but in July, 1887. it was increased to $400,000, at which point it now stands, nearly the entire amount being held in New Bedford. In the spring of 1880, the first building was erected. It was of brick, one hundred twenty by forty feet in area and t