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William Paterson, from a wash drawing in the British Museum. William Paterson (April 1658 - 22 January 1719) was a Scottish trader and banker.He was the founder of the Bank of England and was one of the main proponents of the catastrophic Darien scheme.
In 1868 they moved to New York, where John H. Seal and William Ziegler became agents of the company and later shareholders. [3] In 1888 Ziegler sold his shares for $4,000,000. With the proceeds of the sale he bought the Price Baking Powder Company of Chicago and the Tartar Chemical Company in Jersey City, New Jersey .
In 1949, John H. Williams, a nephew of the founders, together with his brother Charles Williams and David's son David Williams Jr., bought the business from the founders; John H. Williams remained as president of the company until 1971 and CEO until 1979. [2] The company went public in 1957 under the Williams Brothers name.
WMS's predecessor was the Williams Manufacturing Company, founded in 1943 by Harry E. Williams. However, the company that became WMS Industries was formally founded in 1974 as Williams Electronics, Inc. Williams initially was a manufacturer of pinball machines. In 1964, Williams was acquired by jukebox manufacturer Seeburg Corp. and reorganized ...
The Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies, also called the Scottish Darien Company, was an overseas trading company created by an act of the Parliament of Scotland in 1695. The act granted the company a monopoly of Scottish trade to India , Africa and the Americas , extraordinary sovereign rights [ 1 ] : 25 and 21 years of ...
The business was relocated to Brooklyn in 1884 and took the name J.H. Williams & Co in 1887. The company was one of the first to offer mass-produced drop-forged hand tools. [3] A second factory was opened in Buffalo, New York in 1914, now the site of General Motors' Tonawanda Engine plant. [4] The company was acquired by Snap-on in 1993.
Trump's incoming administration may reverse several Biden-era electric vehicle (EV) policies, including the $7,500 federal tax credit, potentially changing the auto industry by 2025. This could ...
The company was founded in 1969 as the James River Paper Company by Brenton Halsey and Robert Williams, with the purchase of Ethyl Corporation's Specialty Papers Division. [2] Halsey and Williams were both former employees of Albemarle Paper Manufacturing Company; the city of Richmond lies along the James River.