Finding Aid of the Vertical Paper Cutter Company Account Book, 1906-1907, PC.AB.517

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Finding Aid of the Vertical Paper Cutter Company Account Book, 1906-1907, PC.AB.517

Abstract

The Vertical Paper Cutter Company, located in Raleigh, was incorporated on June 2, 1906. Henry E. Litchford was president, and Everett M. and Melvin N. Andrews were vice-president and secretary-manager respectively. The company appears to have purchased paper in bulk and to have cut and sold it to specifications given them by the purchaser, and, at the same time, to have held exclusive right to market a patented vertical paper cutter. A single ledger of accounts payable which covers the period from June 6, 1906, to August 31, 1907.

Descriptive Summary

Title
Vertical Paper Cutter Company Account Book, 1906-1907
Call Number
PC.AB.517
Creator
Vertical Paper Cutter Company
Date
1906 - 1907
Extent
1.00 volumes
Language
English
Repository
State Archives of North Carolina

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    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], PC.AB.517, Vertical Paper Cutter Company, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, USA.

    Historical Note

    The Vertical Paper Cutter Company, located at 5 West Hargett Street, was incorporated with a capital fund of $25,000 on June 2, 1906. Henry E. Litchford was president, and Everett M. and Melvin N. Andrews were vice-president and secretary-manager respectively. The company appears to have purchased paper in bulk and to have cut and sold it to specifications given them by the purchaser, and, at the same time, to have held exclusive right to market a patented vertical paper cutter. After ten months in business, the firm cast up its accounts and found it was operating at a loss of more than $5000.00. Shortly thereafter the firm filed an annual report with the Secretary of State. The corporation filed no report in 1908, however, and it is assumed that the company was dissolved and the capital stock distributed among the shareholders.

    Contents of the Collection

    Subject Headings

  1. Bridgeport Hardware Manufacturing Company (Bridgeport, Conn.)
  2. Safety Meter Lock Company (Columbus, Ohio)
  3. Vertical Paper Cutter Company
  4. Paper industry
  5. Account books
  6. Acquisitions Information

    Gift of Mr. Marcus L. Scruggs, Briggs Hardware, Raleigh, 1996.

    Processing Information

  7. Processed by G. Stevenson, 4 April 2000. Encoded by Dietra Stanley, February 2006; additional encoding by Lea Walker, November 2016, Updated by Fran Tracy-Walls, September 2019, for publication in Discover Online Catalog (DOC).