Bigelow and Dowse
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| Name | Bigelow and Dowse |
| Location | 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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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.
"Bigelow & Dowse" was formed, (unincorporated) in the fall of 1884 after partner John F. Macomber retired on account of illness.
In 1894 the firm was incorporated as The Bigelow & Dowse Company.
[Source: Biographical History of Massachusetts, Vol. 1, by Samuel Atkins Eliot, 1909]
