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Envelope HENRY DISSTON & SONS INCORPORATED OF WASHINGTON, 144 SECOND STREET, SAN FANCISCO, CALIF. 1931. To: The Norton Company, Worcester, Mass. Obviously the Norton Company was possessed of discernment when it came to selecting their tools.
Packaging: Tag MECHANICS PRICE LIST. DISSTON HAND SAWS. KEYSTONE SAWS MADE BY DISSTON. c1950. OK... now you know what they cost a few years back. This is a cute tag most likely from a Disston Hand Saw. Go ahead and drool.
Book THE PROPERTY OF HERMON CHAPIN, HARTFORD, CON, MAY 12TH, 1826. His personal, signed copy of - The Cabinet Of Arts, or General Instructor in Arts, Science, Trade, Practical Machinery, The Means of Preserving Human Life and Political Economy, embracing A Variety of Important Subjects. By Hewson Clarke, Esq., of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and John Dugall, A. M. London... 1817. Sorry folks, what you see here is not the entire book. It's 300 plus pages and in very fragile condition, as you can see from the title, frontispiece and signature pages. Someday when I am wealthy I'll have the book fully restored.
The story behind the book. One Brimfield, just as we entered Heart of The Mart, Amy stepped into a booth full of Stuff and Books. She picked out a few likely prospects and handed them to me to review. The price was right at $10 each, so we took them and hit the field. When we returned home, I reviewed the days finds. This book turned out to be fairly rare and valuable in it's own right, though in need of conservation. I turned to the fore-leaf and spotted a signature, not at all unusual in books of this time period. "The Property of Hermon Chapin, Hartford, Con (sic), May 12th 1826" While it would be wonderful to say that I also found his personal notes in the book, nary a one could be found. Apparently Hermon took very good care of his books and did not besmirch them with annotations.
Manuscript: handwritten note B. CALLENDAR to MILLERS FALLS Mfg. Co., June 26, 1883. Not a letterhead, rather a note from Benjamin Callender, the hardware dealer, to the Millers Falls Mfg. Co requesting that they send one Langdon Adj. Mitre Box Size A with Saw for Wood to a John A. Wells of Charlemont, Mass.
Billhead HENRY DISSTON & SONS, Keystone Saw, Tool, Steel and File Works. Philadelphia, PA Dec 2, 1889.A letterhead to the Tell City Bank,Tell City, Indiana concerning a draft from the Tell City Planing Mill Co. to Disston. Signed, Yours Truly, (Henry Disston & Sons stamp), Senior. I wonder which Disston that was?
Billhead MACK & COMPANY, Manufacturers of D. R. BARTON EDGE TOOLS, Cor. Mill & Furnace Streets, Rochester, N.Y. July 24, 1887. Sold to R. K. Carter of New York, one set of Truss Hoops for Flour Barrels. Stamped: "Positively No Cash Discount". Times where hard.
Billhead A. G. PECK & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF AXES AND EDGE TOOLS. Cohoes, N.Y., Oct 42th, 1890. Also called "Empire Edge Tool Works."
Billhead THE AMERICAN AXE AND TOOL CO. , 253 Broadway, New York, Feb. 28, 1896. Sold to Mess. .H. H. Myers & Co., Lexington, VA. The American Axe and Tool Co. was a conglomerate consisting of: Hubbard & Co.; Robert Mann & Sons; J. Fearon Mann; Johnsonville Axe Mfg. Co.; Douglas Axe Mfg. Co.; Romer Bros. Mfg. Co.; H. .Knickerbacker; Wm. Mann Jr. Col; Thos. R. Mann & co.; Powell Tool Col.; Jamestown Axe Co.; Underhill Edge Tool Co.; Francis Axe Co.; Hubbard & Blake Mfg. Co.
Billhead HARVEY W. PEACE & CO. LIMITED, VULCAN SAW AND TOOL WORKS, Tenth and Ainslie Streets, Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 8, 1887. Sold to R. R. Carter. This particular billhead has two graphics of C. W. Boynton's Latest Patent Wonder Saw, Pat.Nov. 25, 1884. One graphic is of a double edge pruning saw and one of a one man cordwood saw.
Billhead THE NEW LONDON VISE WORKS, MANUFACTURERS OF SOLD BOX VISES AND HEAVY HARDWARE. Joseph Hyde, Sons & Co., Proprietors. New Londgon, Conn. June 15, 1897 Sold to H. H. Myers. Lexington, VA. Very interesting graphic of a so-called blacksmith leg vise which has a provision for a foot actuated tightening mechanism.
Receipt BIRMINGHAM PLANE MFG. CO.. Birmingham, Conn. Oct. 22, 1889. Receipt for Henry H. Myers to settle payment due. If you look closely, this receipt has a graphic image of three chickens, a few chicks and two roosters?
Letterhead NICHOLSON FILE COMPANY. OPERATING FOUR DISTINCT PLANTS. Providence, R.I., U.S.A., March 9, 1896. Letterhead to Messrs. Henry H. Myers & Sons, Lexington, Va. Graphics of all four plants in all their smoking glory
Letterhead L. S. STARRETT COMPANY, Makers of Fine Mechanical Tools. Athol, Mass, U. S. A. 1900. A personal note to Doris concerning "Ma's good corsets", written on a very nice minimalist Arte Noveau style letterhead. Obviously L. S. Starrett felt the need to branch out into Ladies Undergarments?
Billhead H. CHAPIN'S SON COMPY. Manufacturers of Rules, Planes, Etc. Pine Meadow, Conn. Established 1826 y H. Chapin. 1860 H. Chapin's Son (E. M. Chapin) Successor. April 25, 1900 (printed with a date of 189 _, crossed out, 1900 added). This billhead was offered at auction. Unfortunately I was outbid, but retained a copy for its' research value. Very high Victorian florid graphics along with some interesting historical features of the development of this famous company.
Billhead E. C. ATKINS & CO. : Sheffield Saw Works. Memphis, Tenn.; June 28, 1901. Sold to: Anderson Tully Co.. Framing chisels, Mallet, BlacksmithTongs for round and square iron, A. A. F. Babbitt) Metal
Billhead THE CHAPIN-STEPHENS CO., V. P. Humason, Agent. Manufacturers of Rules, Planes. Levels, Etc.: 80 Chambers Street, New York: May 7, 1902. Sold to: Ira Edwards, Holley, NY. Rules, Level Glasses, Plumb Levels. Ira Edwards owned a hardware store in Holley, NY, held numerous mortgages for local people and was a New York State Assemblyman. Dennis Heza, Gary Katsanes and Gary Roberts of the Oldtools eMail list have assembled information regarding Mr. Edwards. This information will be organized and added to this site in the near future.
Letterhead PECK, STOW & WILCOX COMPANY, Manufacturers of Mechanics Hand Tools, Tinsmiths' Machines, Builders and General Hardware. Southington, East Berlin, Plantsville, CT & Cleveland, Ohio. New York Warerooms 27 Murray St. March 27, 1913. A letterhead to Henry S. Wright of Springfield, Mass, regarding that P. S. & W. did not manufacture a machine for soldering tin cans. Even more than the Spaulding billhead, this letterhead contains a simple medallion graphic and basic serif lettering. The blotch is what happens when someone soaks a letterhead in an attempt to flatten it. Not of my doing.
