Scope and Content Note
The records of Cooper, Hewitt & Company span the years 1833-1909, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1873-1902. Included in addition to files from the main office of the company in Ringwood, New Jersey, are records of subsidiary and related companies including Peter Cooper's Glue Factory, Wisdom & Co., Ringwood Ironworks, Pequest Iron Works, Durham Iron Works, Trenton Iron Company, New Jersey Steel and Iron Company, Paragon Wire Association, Gauley Mountain Coal Company, and the Metropolitan Fire Insurance Company. Also in the collection is some personal correspondence of Peter Cooper (1791-1883) and Abram S. Hewitt (1822-1903). Materials include correspondence, letterbooks, day books, ledgers, bank books and accounts, circulars, commercial reports, patents, vouchers, bills of lading, insurance policies, balance sheets, inspection reports, and other business records.