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Tremont Nail Company

 Organization

Biography

Manufacturer of nails and similar hardware, Wareham, Mass. Established in 1819. In 1882 Parker Mills were taken over by the Bridgewater Iron Company which failed in 1886. The mills were then acquired by the Tremont Nail Company of Wareham.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Thatcher Magoun business records

Collection Identifier: Mss:733 1816-1885
Overview:

Records of merchant and shipowner Thatcher Magoun and his son Thatcher Magoun, Jr., of Boston and Medford, Mass., relating to their involvement in international trade and shipping, 1816-1885.

Records of Parker Mills and Tremont Nail Company

Collection Identifier: Mss:596 1845-1918
Scope and Contents:

Correspondence, journals, ledgers, cashbooks, production records, payrolls, timebooks, and bills, 1845-1886, of Parker Mills; and some records, 1886-1918, of Tremont Nail Company, successor to the firm; together with some records of Bridgewater Iron Company, Bridgewater, Mass.; and records, 1851-1855, of C. C. Sprague, also engaged in nail manufacturing.