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The New Bridge Oyster Company, 1863-1868
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 July 2012
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The first meeting of the New Bridge Oyster Company is recorded in the minutes dated February 6, 1863:
At a meeting of inhabitants of New Bridge and vicinity held at the house of Nelson H. Smith for the purpose of Forming a Company for the planting of Oysters.
The organization was a community venture. Comparison of the names of the participants with those inscribed on a contemporary land map reveals that about one-third of the realty owners in the community—farmers, a few fishermen, the owner of the net factory, and the local physician—purchased stock and participated in the company's organization and supervision. During the last year of the known existence of this enterprise, 1867-68, shareholders from neighboring villages became involved in the business.
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1 All information hereafter quoted is from the original manuscript titled By Laws and Minutes of the New Bridge Oyster Company, owned by Mr. John J. Bedell, Bellmore, Long Island, to whom thanks are due for permission to use it.
2 Reports of the Commissioner of Fisheries of the State of New York in charge of the Oyster Investigation, 1885-88, passim. These reports are rich sources of information concerning the early American oyster industry.
3 Elijah indicated his parentage and was used to distinguish him from other Browers in the community. As a matter of fact, there was another William Brower in the oyster company, who was referred to in the minutes as William Brower of William.