George P. Harvey-
George P. Harvey (1816-1896?) was a
bottler in Providence and Newport. He was first listed in Newport in
1867. Geo. P. Harvey & Co. was in Newport in 1867-1872. He was
at rear 14 Bath Rd. in 1867. James S. Hazard was his agent that
year. Sometime around 1874 he began selling mineral water in Codd
bottles. He was at 24 Peck St. Providence in 1876. He was at 22 and 24 Peck
St. in 1877. He was at 315 Fountain St. Providence in 1878
manufacturing liquors and soda. He was succeeded by Ransford H.
Harvey in 1879. He had a house in Norwich, CT, which proves he had
ties to Irus W. Harvey and other Harvey bottlers in Norwich.
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| 1867 ad |
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| 1878 ad |
Ira Harvey/Harvy-
Ira Harvey (1807-1885) was a bottler in
Providence. He was listed as a beer and soda manufacturer in 1847-48
at 1 Crawford St. His house was at 101 S. Main St. He was at 4 Dean
St. in 1850. He was listed as a beer manufacturer in 1853-55 at cor.
Union and Westminster Sts. (20 Union St.). He was listed in 1856-58.
(1847-1865)
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John W. Harvey-
John W. Harvey was a bottler in
Providence. He was partners with George Harvey. A “Harvey Perry”
was listed as a liquor dealer at 66 Canal St. in 1849. In 1854 a
Joseph Harvey was listed as a bottler. Joseph Harvey was Ransford
Harvey's father. In 1856 Joseph & I.W. Harvey were listed as
bottlers in Norwich, and Ransford was also listed separately as a
bottler in Norwich.
John Harvey was mentioned in 1856-1858. His company J. Harvey & Co. was located at 65-1/2
Canal St.
James G. Harvey was dealing yeast with Ira in
1859-1863. James was Ira's son, so he is the most likely candidate.
This is an incredibly enigmatic company to research. I have not been able to find a single reference to J. Harvey & Co. or the Canal St. address embossed on the bottles. All I know for certain is that they were in business in and around 1857.
(1854?-1863?)
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Ransford H. Harvey-
Ransford H. Harvey (1836-1907) was a
bottler in Providence. He was listed as a clerk at 315 Fountain St.
in 1878. He succeeded George P. Harvey in 1879. He was at 50
Washington St. cor. Union (the Albion), 8 Union St. (the Lotus), and
25 Fulton St. in 1880. He was at 315 Fountain St. from 1880-86. In
1882 he was advertising wines, brandies, gin, whiskey, and rum along
with soda water, sarsaparilla, and cider. In 1887 he left the
bottling business, which was taken over by Edwin J. Dean. In 1889 he
had a house at 37 America St. Interestingly a R.H. Harvey was listed
as a bottler at 292 Plainfield St. in 1905. He died Jan. 1907.
(1879-1887)
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Horace N. Hassard-
H.N. Hassard & Co. were bottlers in
Newport. They were agents for the Hygeia Sparkling Distilled Water
Co. and Simpson Springs. The manager in 1890 was Charles T. Smith.
The salesroom was at 164 Bellevue Ave. They were at the same
location in 1902. H.N. Hassard & Co. was first listed in the
Newport directory in 1889. The Hassard Co. was first listed as a
bottler of mineral waters in the 1893 RI Directory. The founder was
likely Horace N. Hassard (1839-1927). An article from 1894 stated
they were in business for 10 years. It was at 164 Bellevue Ave. from
1890-1901. Edward A. Hassard & Co. was listed as grocers in
1904. Horace was part of this company, but the Hassard Co. was not
listed.
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| 1894 ad |
