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Letter from H.R. Ives & Co. to B.J. Harrington.
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H. R. Ives & Co. was a Montreal-based foundry. In 1859, Hubert Root Ives (1833-1911) became a founder of the firm Ives & Allen, the first brass and iron foundry and hardware factory in Canada. They manufactured flat irons, stoves, safes, wrought iron gates and railings, locomotive, and car castings. In 1874, the partnership between Ives & Allen dissolved and, Ives continued alone as H. R. Ives & Co. Manufacturers Montreal. The company was incorporated in 1903.