Beautifully engraved specimen certificate from the
Windsor Company printed in 1892. This historic document was printed by the American Banknote Company and has an
ornate border around it with a vignette of two allegorical women standing at the border of each side of the certificate.
Certificate Vignette
Certificate Vignette
Windsor Print Works was located on 121 Union St., North Adams, Ma.
The Windsor Print Works had a long history as a print works. The first facility was built in 1828 by Caleb Turner. The later complex was begun by the firm of Richardson, Freeman, and Co. in 1872, after the year of record profits by the textile industry. The company's fortunes soared during the latter part of the 19th Century, employing 600-800. It weathered some of the storms which swept the industry by making specialty fabrics. In 1891, the company became the Windsor Co. and then, in 1907, the Windsor Print Works. In the 1920's, the company became part of the Consolidated Textile Company.
Eustace C. Fitz Obituary - Published on May 29, 1895 - The New York Times
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Eustace C. Fitz died at hIs residence, on
~ o l u ~ b uAsve nue, Boston, yesterday afternoon,
aged sisty-two years, of heart
trouble. B e was a member from 1858 to
1863 of the iron and steel Arm af Famar,
Fol!ett & Co., withdrawing to form the
new firm of E'uller, Dana & Fitz, in the
same line of trade. Since the retiremen!
of lMr, Fuller the house has been known
as Fitz, Dana & Co.
Xr. Fitz was a most public-spirited citi-
Zen. For &early his whole life he was a
resident of Chelsea, and he had occupied
nearly: every office d t f i i n the gift of that
city. H e represented Chelsea in both
branches of the Legislature; was a member
of the Governor's Council; a delegate
to the Republican Convention which nominated
Garfield for the Presidency; Chairman
of ;the .Commissioners of Prisons during
the terms of Govs, Ames, Brackett, and
Russell; President of the Chilson Furnace
Company, Windsor Print Works, and Blackstone
National Bank; Director of the New-
York and New-England Railroad, South
Boston Gas Company, Boston Board al
Trade, TViscunsin Central Railroad, West
End Street Railway, Equitable Assurance
Company, Security Safe Deposit Vlaulta,
Bay State Gas Company, and Five-Cent
Savlngs Bank.
He also occupied the position of President
of the Boards of Trustees of Newton
Theological Institution, Brown University.
and ~ r e l l e s lC~o~lle ge. He was on the
Financial Co-mmittee of the Bapcjst Misslonary
Society, and .wasa. delegate to th-e
Warld's. Congress of Missionary Socteties
i. n. lm.
- - 34%. F i t was four years a Trustee &t
the Chelsea Public Library, and at the end
of his term of service gave the city a public
library building vaiyed at $25,000, He
leaves a wife and four children.