Wells Manufacturing Co. - 1883 article - name change from Wells to H. L. Crandall & Co.

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Wells Manufacturing Co.
Ashaway, RI

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Title:	1883 article - name change from Wells to H. L. Crandall & Co.
Source:	July 1883 "Builder & Woodworker"
Insert Date:	5/31/2011 8:11:23 PM

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Despite the article, it appears that no such name change occurred. Crandall was director of the Ashaway Savings Bank, so perhaps Wells got into some financial difficulty for a time.

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