New Jersey Mechanic

Contributor
Smith, Hezekiah Bradley, 1816-1887
Smith, Agnes M., 1836-1881
Subject
H.B. Smith Machine Company (Smithville, N.J.)
Date Issued
1875 November 4 - 1876 October 10
Value Annotations
Date Issued
Issued weekly
Publisher
H.B. Smith
Title
New Jersey Mechanic
Coverage
Smithville (N.J.)
Description
In 1865, New England born inventor and woodworker Hezekiah Bradley Smith purchased the entirety of the town Shreveville for $20,000. Renaming it Smithville in his own name, he set about expanding his company and building a company town to support his fledgling manufacturing empire. In addition to selling woodworking machinery Smith produced the popular Star bicycle, which had a large rear wheel and smaller front wheel to aid balance.

The New Jersey Mechanic, which ran from 1871-1877, was Smith's industry trade paper that billed itself as "a weekly journal of mechanics, science, and literature". Perhaps most interestingly, Smith's second wife Agnes M. Smith (neé Gilkerson) served as editor in addition to maintaining a medical practice in Smithville.
Value Annotations
Description
Bibliographic information courtesy of Smithville Mansion
History
volume
v. 06
issue
no. 04 - no. 052
Item sets
Newspapers

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