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Storage company, Providence, R.I. Records, 1882-1931 Size: 1.5 linear feet Catalog number: MSS 483 sg 39 Processed by: Steve Dalpe and Rick Stattler, August 1998 ©Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division |
Historical note:
The American Horse Nail Company was incorporated as a manufacturing company by an act of the Rhode Island General Assembly in May of 1859. It disappears from the Providence directories after 1867, and sold off all its assets in 1874. In January of 1882, the General Assembly amended its charter to change the name to the Providence Warehouse Company, with a new slate of directors, James H. Coggeshall being the only one to carry over. There seems to have been no real connection between the two companies; even the location was different. The company's new purpose was "a general warehouse and storage business". Its original building was bounded by Cove Street, Mason Street and Aborn Street, and was purchased from stockholder Amos Barstow and others. As downtown changed, the lot's address became the corner of Mason and West Exchange Streets. An additional warehouse was built on the same lot in 1883. In March of 1888, after lengthy deliberations, the board's Committee on Cold Storage decided to install "the Weeks system of refrigeration on one floor at an expense not exceeding $3000", and the company expanded into the cold storage business.
The majority of the company's stock was initially held by the Barstow family. By 1917, the Hazard family had acquired the majority. That year, the R. Hazard Estate Company was formed, and became the majority stockholder. In 1925, the company's land and two buildings in Providence were sold to the U.S. Ring Traveler Company for $60,000. The company was liquidated and dissolved in 1928. The Providence Civic Center has since been built on the land on which the warehouse once stood.
The following men served as presidents of the company:
Amos C. Barstow (1813-1894) 1882-1894
Rowland Hazard II (1829-1898) 1896-1898
Amos C. Barstow Jr. (1848-1903) 1898-1903
Rowland G. Hazard II (1855-1918) 1904-1918
Rowland Hazard III (1881-1945) 1918-1928
The following men served as secretary:
George E. Barstow 1882-1885
C.R. Weeden 1885-1887
Ozias C. Goodwin (1850-1921) 1887-1921
John R. Carpenter (1874-1950) 1921-1928
Scope and content:
This collection includes minute books, financial records, correspondence and various corporate papers.
Provenance:
These papers were donated by the Hazard family as part of the Hazard Family Papers in 1985. They had been deposited in 1975.
Processing note:
This collection is part of the Hazard Family Papers, which were processed with support from the Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities, the Beinecke Foundation, and the extended Hazard Family.
Inventory:
Series 1: Administrative records
Series 1, subseries 1: Corporate papers
Box 1, folder 1. Minute book, 1882-1927 (stockholders and directors)
Box 1, folder 2. Incorporation and by-laws, 1882, with 1921 revision
Box 1, folder 3. Agreements, 1882-1928
Series 1, subseries 2: Correspondence
Most of the correspondence is with the treasurer unless noted. The bulk deals with stock transfers, meeting notices and the dissolution of the company, and there is very little relating to the daily operation of the warehouse.
Box 1, folder 4. 1883-1888, 1899
Box 1, folder 5. 1908-1923
Box 1, folder 6. 1924-1925
Box 1, folder 7. 1926
Box 1, folder 8. 1926-1927 (president Rowland Hazard III's file)
Box 1, folder 9. 1927
Box 1, folder 10. 1928
Box 1, folder 11. 1929-1931
Oversized volume 1. Outgoing letter book, 1921-1929
Series 1, subseries 3: Stock data
Box 1, folder 12. American Horse Nail Company stock transfer and certificates, 1882
Box 1, folder 13. Stock transfer book, 1882-1926
Box 1, folder 14. Stock certificates, 1882-1926
Box 1, folder 15. Lists of stockholders and officers, 1908-1925
Box 1, folder 16. Stock Correspondence Re.: Transfers
Series 2: Financial records
Box 1, folder 17. Accrued storage lists, 1909-1926. Accounts with customers.
Box 1, folder 18. Bank account book (R.I. Hospital Trust), 1899-1924
Box 1, folder 19. Bank account book (R.I. Hospital Trust), 1925-1928
Box 1, folder 20. Cash book, 1882-1887
Box 1, folder 21. Financial statements, 1900-1926
Box 1, folder 22. Journal, 1886-1896
Box 1, folder 23. Journal, 1896-1920
Box 1, folder 24. Journal, 1922-1927
Box 1, folder 25. Ledger, 1882-1896
Box 1, folder 26. Ledger, 1896-1910
Box 2, folder 1. Ledger, 1922-1927
Box 2, folder 2. Mortgage payments, 1882-1925
Oversized box 5, folder 3. Taxes - Corporation returns, 1918-1927
Box 2, folder 3. Taxes - Capital stock, 1918-1926
Box 2, folder 4. Tax memoranda and correspondence, 1919-1928
Oversized volume 2. Trial balance book, 1899-1904
Oversized volume 3. Trial balance book, 1905-1915
Oversized volume 4. Trial balance book, 1915-1925
Oversized volume 5. Trial balance book, 1925-1927
Oversized box 5, folder 4. Trial balance sheets, 1883-1927
Series 3: Property records
Box 2, folder 5. Building specifications, 1883
Box 2, folder 6. Deeds and leases, 1882, 1918-1924
Box 2, folder 7. Sprinkler system contracts and bills, 1915-1922
Subjects:
American Horse Nail Company (Providence, R.I.)
Barstow, Amos C. (1813-1894)
Goodwin, Ozias C. (1850-1921)
Hazard, Rowland G. II (1855-1918)
Hazard, Rowland III (1881-1945)
Providence, R.I. - Commerce
Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery - Rhode Island - Providence
Warehouses - Rhode Island - Providence
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