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]