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bascall Posts: 1629 Registered: Nov 99	posted 06-08-2009 02:12 AM A little added information about the above named jeweler, listed in Wilson's� New York City Copartnership Directory March 1879---Volume XXVII as�Churchill, Lewis & Co (William W Churchill, Charles M Lewis, & Frederick Wessel) 180 B'way.� IP: Logged
wev Moderator Posts: 4121 Registered: Apr 99	posted 06-08-2009 11:59 AM Here is a basic chronology of the firm's evolution: 1831 to 1848 -- William Bennett North and William Allen Churchill as NORTH & CHURCHILL 1848 t0 1850 -- William Allen Churchill and James Stanley as CHURCHILL & STANLEY 1850 to 1853 -- William Allen Churchill, James Stanley and Dewitt Clinton Pond as CHURCHILL, STANLEY & Co. 1854 to 1856 -- William Allen Churchill, James Stanley, Charles Mason Lewis, and Charles Warner as CHURCHILL, STANLEY & Co. 1856 to 1863 -- William Allen Churchill, James Stanley and Charles Mason Lewis as CHURCHILL, STANLEY & Co. 1863 to 1871 -- William Allen Churchill, Charles Mason Lewis and E. B. Dana as CHURCHILL, DANA & Co. 1871 to 1874 -- William Allen Churchill, Charles Mason Lewis, William Walcott Churchill, and Frederick Wessel as CHURCHILL, LEWIS & Co. 1875 to 1885 -- Charles Mason Lewis, William W. Churchill and Frederick Wessel as CHURCHILL, LEWIS & Co. (with the estate of William Allen Churchill retaining a part interest) 1885 to 1886 -- Charles Mason Lewis and Frederick Wessel as CHURCHILL, LEWIS & WESSEL after 1886 -- Frederick Wessel and Charles J. Leward as LEWIS, WESSEL & LEWARD From the beginning, the various partnerships maintained sales offices in New York City, but the factory remained in New Britain. This is a picture of the employees of CHURCHILL & DANA taken in 1871 IP: Logged
bascall Posts: 1629 Registered: Nov 99	posted 06-08-2009 12:12 PM Neat picture! Didn't see the Churchill, Lewis & Co partnership in your earlier list, so it seemed worth posting with the reference. Dewitt C Pond is listed in the 1850 U S Federal Census for New Britain, Connecticut in Artemas E Hart's household. Surprisingly, at least so far, Hart does not fit into any of these partnerships. [This message has been edited by bascall (edited 06-08-2009).] IP: Logged
wev Moderator Posts: 4121 Registered: Apr 99	posted 06-08-2009 01:35 PM Hart had apprenticed with William B. North and may have stayed on into the Churchill partnerships as a journeyman/worker. IP: Logged

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