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Manufacturers Index - James Goodrich & Co.
History
Last Modified: Nov 15 2015 9:28PM by Jeff_Joslin
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The early history of this company is murky, but it may have arisen from the ashes of the business failures due to the financial downturn of 1857. After 1867 this company seems to have morphed into Rollstone Machine Works, which was owned, at least in part, by James Goodrich.


Advertisement from Adams, Sampson & Co.'s "New England Business Directory for 1865"

Information Sources

  • Adams, Sampson & Co.'s The New England Business Directory for 1865 lists, under Planing Machine Manufacturers, "GOODICH [sic] JAMES & CO. (S. Goodrich), (see adv. dept. p. 246), Newton's lane, Fitchburg".