New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . he Hendricks are amongthe most extensive metal dealers and workers in the countryat this present time. When Harmon died he was succeededby his sons Uriah, Washington, Henry and Montague. The^business is now carried on by Joshua, Edmund, Francis,Harmon W. and Edgar Hendricks. Edgar is son of Joshua,senior member of the firm and fifth in descent from thefounder. The others are sons of Uriah and grandson ofHarmon. Who, then, shall say that peace hath not its vic-tories as well as war, and that a long line of Americanmanufacture
New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . he Hendricks are amongthe most extensive metal dealers and workers in the countryat this present time. When Harmon died he was succeededby his sons Uriah, Washington, Henry and Montague. The^business is now carried on by Joshua, Edmund, Francis,Harmon W. and Edgar Hendricks. Edgar is son of Joshua,senior member of the firm and fifth in descent from thefounder. The others are sons of Uriah and grandson ofHarmon. Who, then, shall say that peace hath not its vic-tories as well as war, and that a long line of Americanmanufacturers is not as illustrious, and a thousand times asuseful, as the idle and boastful nobility of Europe ? WILLIAM H. LEE. Among the great mercantile houses which have con-tributed so largely to the prosperity ot New York the firmof Lee, Tweedy & Company is notable for long duration ofsuccessful business, and for the fact that since its foundationin 1845 it has never failed to meet its obligations, and haspassed unscathed through the i)eriods of business depression. HENDRICKS BROTHERS BELLEVILLE COPPER ROLLING MILLS war ships of the time were copper bottomed and copperfastened the house did a good trade. In 1811 HarmonHendricks erected the first regular rolling coi)j)er mill inthe United States. It was located in Belleville, N. J., andwas known as the Soho Copper Works. Naturally enough,as we learn from the news])apers of the time, the eventmade soinething of a sensation in manufacturing circles,though, compared with mills the Hendricks have constructedsince, it was an infant in swaddling clothes. Then, and formany years after, the copper used by the firm was neces-sarily imported, the bulk of it coming from South America,but when the metal was discovered in native mines theyhastened to take advantage of it. It could hardly be ex-pected that in the course of a century and a quarter thishouse would not have its troubles. The place sufferedfrom fires in common with other industrial c
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