Edward Carter was one in a series of Troy planemakers going back to 1828. Edward had been in the business since 1847. In 1873 he may have made a boring machine, which is what qualifies him for mention here as a machinery maker.

Information Sources

• Awards at the thirty-third annual exhibition of the New York Agricultural Society, Albany, NY, October 1873: Edward Carter, Troy, N. Y.: boring machine: Bronze Medal.
• From The city of Troy and Its Vicinity, by Arthur James Weise, 1886, has the following writeup:

  EDWARD CARTER, manufacturer of carpenters' planes, mechanics' tools, wood mouldings, and ornamental work, Nos. 22 to 40 Spring Avenue; salesroom, No. 203 River Street.

  The manufacture of planes and tools was begun in Troy in 1828, by Simeon Rowell, at No. 38 Ferry Street. His successors were Charles S. Rowell, rear No. 52 Congress Street, 1832; Jared West, 1832; Richard Carter, March, 1833; R. & L. Carter, No. 11 Ferry Street, 1835; E. & C. Carter (Edward and Charles), No. 11 Ferry Street, 1847; Edward Carter, No. 11 River Street, 1854; E. & C. Carter (Edward and Cyrus), No. 249 River Street, 1862; Edward Carter, No. 249 River Street, 1865.

  Besides manufacturing tools, moulding, stair rails, Edward Carter executes, on orders, circular and scroll sawing, planing and turning. His sales of tools is extensive, not only in the United States, but in the West Indies, South America, Australia, and the Sandwich Islands.