tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616587206886324650.post5979652280328326472..comments2022-11-05T08:07:16.101-04:00Comments on New England Travels: The Ames Manufacturing Company - Civil War and the New England Mill TownJacqueline T. Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616587206886324650.post-61041111416813114452014-05-06T15:02:11.208-04:002014-05-06T15:02:11.208-04:00Regarding the above comment about the possible lin...Regarding the above comment about the possible link between the Ames Manufacturing Company and the modern firm of Ames True Temper which makes shovels, I was contacted by Mr. Scott Wise of the Ames True Temper company who affirms that it was Nathan P. Ames' brother, Oliver who started what became the Ames True Temper firm. My thanks to Mr. Wise for adding to our knowledge about the Ames family and their firms.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616587206886324650.post-87236258766026563372013-09-27T16:39:13.145-04:002013-09-27T16:39:13.145-04:00Thank you, Yuki. Congratulations on owning two Am...Thank you, Yuki. Congratulations on owning two Ames swords. The Ames Sword Company faced bankruptcy after the stock market crash of 1929. The Ohio company, called M. C. Lilley Co., were buying sword making machinery from Ames and co-producing some items such as swords and badges with Ames through the 1920s. The business was sort of split up between Ohio and Chicopee, Mass., and the total operations were finally shifted entirely to Ohio by 1930. <br /><br />In the 1950s, the Lilley Co. was then bought out by another company, so that is also out of business.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616587206886324650.post-36030743007113565462013-09-27T15:09:19.582-04:002013-09-27T15:09:19.582-04:00Hi, I loved your article. Very informative and wel...Hi, I loved your article. Very informative and well executed. I have 2 Ames Swords and was wondering if you know what year the business was sold to Ohio and who the company was it was sold to? Thanks! Still enjoying your article many years after it was written.My Ownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01102837175448192327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616587206886324650.post-18032408998713907812013-08-27T14:17:20.303-04:002013-08-27T14:17:20.303-04:00Thank you, Mr. Fowler. Congratulations on preservi...Thank you, Mr. Fowler. Congratulations on preserving a piece of American history in your family. How interesting that it came your way by capture during the war.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616587206886324650.post-88180966629055968562013-08-27T13:38:18.790-04:002013-08-27T13:38:18.790-04:00Thank you so much for this well researched and int...Thank you so much for this well researched and interesting article on the Ames family and its swords. We are a Southern family near Danville, and have an Ames non-commissioned officer's sword...captured, of course. This is beautiful research, well presented. Thos. B. FowlerThomas Fowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738463985902211540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616587206886324650.post-25498309404395678582012-08-16T12:45:43.127-04:002012-08-16T12:45:43.127-04:00Thank you so much, Mrs. LaFlamme. It's always...Thank you so much, Mrs. LaFlamme. It's always nice to hear from Chicopee folks.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616587206886324650.post-82742748585899132722012-08-16T08:29:23.442-04:002012-08-16T08:29:23.442-04:00Fascinating article. I grew up in Chicopee and tra...Fascinating article. I grew up in Chicopee and traveled past the old Ames Manufacturing Co. on my way to high school every day. I learned so much from your well documented article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616587206886324650.post-30193205518814663262012-02-04T12:42:59.448-05:002012-02-04T12:42:59.448-05:00Dwight, I've recently been contacted by a part...Dwight, I've recently been contacted by a party interested in those tools and the Ames item you mention. If you are still involved in the dispersal of that collection, please contact me through my email: JacquelineTLynch@gmail.com, and I'll forward the message along.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616587206886324650.post-89647608990524530162012-01-09T07:37:31.356-05:002012-01-09T07:37:31.356-05:00Thank you, Dwight. How interesting that items fro...Thank you, Dwight. How interesting that items from the Ames company are still to be found in private collections. Fascinating history there.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616587206886324650.post-29715269113910563432012-01-08T22:25:05.805-05:002012-01-08T22:25:05.805-05:00Hi Jacqueline,
Don't know if you're still...Hi Jacqueline,<br /><br />Don't know if you're still keeping up with an older post, but wanted to let you know that I enjoyed your history of the Ames company. I am currently helping the daughter of a late friend dispose of his tools, one of which is an Ames lathe that I believe was used to make cannon barrels.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />DwightDwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02631004180329893384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616587206886324650.post-73753071124172387462010-11-20T15:11:19.399-05:002010-11-20T15:11:19.399-05:00Welcome. Ames did make the 1833 Texas Dragoons Sa...Welcome. Ames did make the 1833 Texas Dragoons Sabre, and there is a photo of one on page 30 of John D. Hamilton's book "The Ames Sword Company" mentioned in the footnotes in the article. Unless the blade is very worn, it should have "MP Ames/Cutler/Springfield, the year, and Texas Dragoons etched into it. <br /><br />For more detail on the Dragoons Sabres, I recommend Mr. Hamilton's book. As for where to get an appraisal of it's worth, I'm afraid I can't help you there. But I'm sure if you do an Internet search for sword or antique weaponry appraisals, you'll find some contacts. Good luck.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616587206886324650.post-65373935248626176122010-11-20T14:10:23.292-05:002010-11-20T14:10:23.292-05:00Love this post. Could you tell me if Ames made th...Love this post. Could you tell me if Ames made the 1833 Texas Dragoons Saber? My father purchased one at an auction and he is trying to find out more about it. He either thinks that Ames made it or possibly S & K. Also if you have any contacts you could provide me to get an appraisal, that would be great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616587206886324650.post-46069081037966690722010-09-17T07:37:35.160-04:002010-09-17T07:37:35.160-04:00Welcome, brickandbrack, and thank you so much for ...Welcome, brickandbrack, and thank you so much for your kind words. How wonderful that your grandfather has an Ames Sword. However, I don't believe Ames True Temper shovels are made by the same firm (which is now a regalia company in Ohio). Thanks again for stopping by.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616587206886324650.post-51570452072684632172010-09-16T20:49:04.546-04:002010-09-16T20:49:04.546-04:00Thank You for this! Very informative! Do you happe...Thank You for this! Very informative! Do you happen to know if Ames Manufacturing Company is the same as Ames True Temper? My grandfather is a sword collector and i am wondering if one of the swords with the imprint of NP AMES is the same origin as a shovel we bought from Home Depot by Ames. Just curious!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616587206886324650.post-6131253016986942632009-03-03T14:56:00.000-05:002009-03-03T14:56:00.000-05:00Your RF's Banjo posts are always well thought out....Your RF's Banjo posts are always well thought out. I like the "day out" photos.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616587206886324650.post-90659357702958002942009-03-03T13:12:00.000-05:002009-03-03T13:12:00.000-05:00I like long posts, tho I imagine some don't. Some...I like long posts, tho I imagine some don't. Sometimes I worry about that on RFBanjo, but I just go with what works. There was no wasted space or filler in this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616587206886324650.post-4705316514099675492009-03-03T12:46:00.000-05:002009-03-03T12:46:00.000-05:00Thank you so much, John. I was afraid it was a bi...Thank you so much, John. I was afraid it was a bit long for a blog post and that I'd lose people halfway through. You've shown admirable perseverance.<BR/><BR/>Mother was right about idle hands. On the other hand, busy hands for 11 hours a day gives you carpal tunnel syndrome. Nobody ever seemed get carpal tunnel in the 19th century. They either dropped dead at their cotton looms or else quit the factory and headed west, eventually dropping dead of something else. But no carpal tunnel.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616587206886324650.post-36229612668362912852009-03-03T11:20:00.000-05:002009-03-03T11:20:00.000-05:00This is such a good article. I've always been...This is such a good article. I've always been intrigued by the economic histotory of towns, perhaps from growing up near Bellows Falls, VT, & thus seeing what happens when a town "backs the wrong horse" in an economic sense. This is really engaging, & gives such a picture of Chicopee in the mid 19th century. Well done.<BR/><BR/>11-hour workdays-- no wonder my mother always said "idle hands are the devil's workplace"!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.com