Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Representatives of New England, Vol. 2 of 2: Manufacturers
Mr. Holmes, on account of increasing age and a desire to be partly relieved from the executive responsibility, resigned the office of agent some years ago. He was succeeded by James S. Anthony, who now holds the office, and is also president of the corporation. Mr. Holmes is still treasurer, but is assisted in the actual duties of that office by Benjamin C. Gladding, who is also the secretary. These gentlemen, with William H. Holmes, the superintendent of the wood-working department, and Arnold Peters, the mechanical engineer, constitute the Board of Directors.
Mr. Holmes was a townsman of Ichabod Washburn, and a contemporary of, and intimate with, Samuel and John Slater, David Wilkinson, the first Governor Sprague, Philip Allen, and other eminent manufacturers.
A man of accurate judgment, and broad Views regarding the iron trade and manufacture, he was consulted by the committee on the tariff of 1842, and gave them valuable advice.
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