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|Name=Bigelow and Dowse
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|Name=The Bigelow and Dowse Company
|Location=Boston, Massachusetts
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|Location=229 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts
 
|Date=1884 - ?
 
|Date=1884 - ?
 
|Owners=Samuel A. Bigelow and Charles F. Dowse
 
|Owners=Samuel A. Bigelow and Charles F. Dowse
 
|links=[[http://books.google.com/books?id=T3IWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT64&lpg=PT64&dq=History+of+Bigelow+and+Dowse+Hardware&source=bl&ots=uCVLP2Pq08&sig=TVl_q2TUQJMtZyIe5BDjcy0HCkU&hl=en&ei=pHrnTJjVIYPGlQf1rt3ACQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=History%20of%20Bigelow%20and%20Dowse%20Hardware&f=false| Biographical History of Massachusetts, 1909]]
 
|links=[[http://books.google.com/books?id=T3IWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT64&lpg=PT64&dq=History+of+Bigelow+and+Dowse+Hardware&source=bl&ots=uCVLP2Pq08&sig=TVl_q2TUQJMtZyIe5BDjcy0HCkU&hl=en&ei=pHrnTJjVIYPGlQf1rt3ACQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=History%20of%20Bigelow%20and%20Dowse%20Hardware&f=false| Biographical History of Massachusetts, 1909]]
 
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Samuel Bigelow was born November 26, 1838.
 
  
"Macomber, Bigelow, & Dowse" was formed by John F. Macomber, Samuel A. Bigelow, and Charles F. Dowse in 1872 after a fire destroyed large sections of Boston and with it every hardware house in the city.
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At the turn of the 20th Century, The Bigelow & Dowse Company was one of the largest hardware houses serving the trades in all of New England.
  
"Bigelow & Dowse" was formed, (unincorporated) in the fall of 1884 after partner John F. Macomber retired on account of illness. 
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'''TIMELINE'''
  
In 1894 the firm was incorporated as The Bigelow & Dowse Company.
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1872: "Macomber, Bigelow, & Dowse" was formed by John F. Macomber, Samuel A. Bigelow, and Charles F. Dowse after a fire destroyed large sections of Boston and with it every hardware house in the city.
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1884: "Bigelow & Dowse" was formed, (unincorporated) after partner John F. Macomber retired on account of illness. 
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1894: "Bigelow & Dowse" incorporated under Boston law as "The Bigelow & Dowse Company".
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January 28, 1903:  Franklin Street building destroyed by fire.
  
 
[Source: Biographical History of Massachusetts, Vol. 1, by Samuel Atkins Eliot, 1909]
 
[Source: Biographical History of Massachusetts, Vol. 1, by Samuel Atkins Eliot, 1909]

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Name The Bigelow and Dowse Company
Location 229 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts
Dates of Operation 1884 - ?
External Links [Biographical History of Massachusetts, 1909]
Owners Samuel A. Bigelow and Charles F. Dowse
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At the turn of the 20th Century, The Bigelow & Dowse Company was one of the largest hardware houses serving the trades in all of New England.

TIMELINE

1872: "Macomber, Bigelow, & Dowse" was formed by John F. Macomber, Samuel A. Bigelow, and Charles F. Dowse after a fire destroyed large sections of Boston and with it every hardware house in the city.

1884: "Bigelow & Dowse" was formed, (unincorporated) after partner John F. Macomber retired on account of illness.

1894: "Bigelow & Dowse" incorporated under Boston law as "The Bigelow & Dowse Company".

January 28, 1903: Franklin Street building destroyed by fire.

[Source: Biographical History of Massachusetts, Vol. 1, by Samuel Atkins Eliot, 1909]