(FINANCE) Articles of Association of the Bessemer Steel Comp

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(FINANCE.) Articles of Association of the Bessemer Steel Company, Limited. 11 pages, printed document with manuscript completions and notes. 8vo, stitched; moderate dampstaining, first and final leaves detached; inscription of A.J. Leith of the Joliet Iron & Steel Company on first page. Np, 1877?

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This unusual company operated no factory, and owned no property beyond the American patent rights to the Bessemer steel process. It was formed by a consortium of five officers and eleven steel companies, each of which gained the rights to use the Bessemer patents. No other copies in WorldCat or known at auction.