160 History of Hingham. 



ick S., under the firm name of Joseph Jacobs' Sons. Upon the 

 withdrawal of Joseph, Jr., from the firm in 1878, his younger 

 brother, Frederick S., assumed the control of the business as man- 

 ager and proprietor until 1883, when he sold the entire plant to 

 the Underbill Edge Tool Company of Nashua, N. 11., and the 

 business was removed from Hingham. 



Charles Whiting manufactured axes and hatchets at Accord 

 Pond for a number of years, commencing about 1845, giving 

 steady employment to eight or ten hands. The product of 

 his factory was sold principally in Boston. His successor was 

 Amasa Whiting, who afterwards sold out to John Hart and John 

 Scully. The hatchet factory at Accord Pond was destroyed by 

 fire in January, 1870. 



The establishment of a copper and brass foundry in Hingham 

 was among the possibilities of the year 1827. The industry was 

 commenced on North Street, near the harbor, during the summer 

 of that year, with Moses Pattingall as superintendent, who an- 

 nounced through the columns of the " Hingham Gazette," that he 

 would furnish " rudder-braces, hinges, spikes, and all kinds of 

 ship-work of the best quality and upon the most reasonable terms." 

 Owing to insufficient patronage the project was soon abandoned. 



Nails were manufactured several years in Hingham near the 

 Weymouth line, on Fort Hill Street, by the Weymouth Iron 

 Company. For the year ending June 1,1855, the product was 

 240,000 'lbs., the value of which' was 810,000. The machines in 

 use gave employment to eight hands. In July, 1868, the water 

 privilege, land, and buildings, including a blacksmith's-shop in 

 Hingham, near the Weymouth line, were advertised for sale. 



Wrought spikes were made in a building previously occupied as 

 a cooper's-shop, at the head of Long Wharf, by William Thomas, 

 before 1850, and for a few years afterwards. 



Guns or fowling-pieces were manufactured by Benjamin Thomas, 

 Jr., at his shop on Leavitt, near Main Street. The number manu- 

 factured during the year ending April 1, 1845, was fifty. 



Scales and balances were manufactured on Main Street, Hing- 

 ham Centre, by Stephenson, Howard, & Davis, and afterwards by 

 L. Stephenson & Co. They manufactured the " Dearborn Patent 

 Balance," well and favorably known throughout the country, 

 especially in the cotton districts. The business continued for 

 many years, Henry Stephenson being the last of the family, so 

 long identified with it, to manage it. After the death of Mr. 

 Stephenson, in 1887, George A. Loring carried on the business for 

 a short time. The shop stood nearly opposite the Public Library. 



Shortly after the close of the Revolution, Gen. Benjamin Lin- 

 coln and his son Theodore established a Hour and grain mill at 

 Weir River. Wheat and corn were ground here, then put into 

 barrels and shipped in vessels to Boston and other markets. The 

 mill was located at or near what is now the westerly terminus of 



