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Alonzo C. Matthews, Manager, R. G. Dun & Co. (1899)

From: http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/collections/dun/

“Founded in 1841 by Lewis Tappan, the Mercantile Agency-later known as R.G. Dun & Company-was the first successful commercial reporting agency in America. The company pioneered the new industry of credit reporting, an important tool in the development of American commerce during the 19th century. Dun & Bradstreet resulted from the 1933 merger of R. G. Dun & Company and its chief competitor, J. M. Bradstreet & Company. It continued to be an innovator in business information through the 20th century and beyond.”

367 Elm

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Randolph Hersey, Pillow Hersey Manufacturing Company (1899)

From: http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/companyinformationcanada/ccc-steelco.html

“Montreal Rolling Mills had acquired the Pillow-Hersey Manufacturing Company in 1903, seven years before the merger. And Pillow-Hersey was successor to the businesses of Mansfield Holland, founded in 1856, and the City Nail and Spike Works, founded in 1839 to carry on the business of a cut nail plant established in Montreal by John Bigelow some time in the 1790’s. Montreal Rolling Mills Company had itself been organized in 1868 to take over the business of Morland, Watson & Company, founded in the 1850’s. The property today forms the Notre Dame Works, largest of Stelco’s four plants in the Montreal area.”