A.B. Allen & Co.
New York , NY
1848-1853?

Tool Types

Agricultural Implements

Directory of American Toolmakers Information

N/A

Identifying Marks

A.B.ALLEN & CO/ &c

General Information
 
While the DATM lists A.B. Allen as existing only in 1848, the catalog in the DTM library is from 1849. Further searching unearthed a letter from one Friedrich A. Meissner in 1953 to the a neighbor of the company requesting he find out what happened to the seeds and manure he ordered from them, possibly a sign of the decline of their short-lived business.

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 References

Nelson, Robert E., Ed. (1999). Directory of American Toolmakers: A listing of identified makers of tools who worked in Canada and the United States before 1900. Early American Industries Association.

Meissner, Loren P. "Friedrich A. Meissner Letters." Meissner Family Letters. 7 August 2006. Meissner Family Website. 19 August 2007. <http://meiszen.net/family/tree/manly/_FAM/fam_letters/1d.htm>

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