J.R. Brown & Sharpe (Providence, R.I.)

found: NUCMC data from Rhode Island Historical Society for Chafee, Z. Family papers, 1830-1944(name not given)

found: Biog. hist. of manufacturers and businessmen of R.I., 1901:p. 11, etc. (J.R. Brown & Sharpe; Providence, R.I., machinery manufacturers formed 1835; in 1868 inc. as Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company)

found: A Brown & Sharpe catalogue collection, ... c1997:p. iii (in 1866, J.R. Brown & Sharpe arranged a joint venture with Samuel Darling, a competitor in Bangor, Maine since l852; the new firm was org. as Darling, Brown & Sharpe; continued operation in Bangor until 1868 when it moved to Providence; shared factory space with Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co.; Darling, Brown & Sharpe operated as a separate co. until Darling sold out to Brown & Sharpe in 1892)