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Tool Types

Calipers, Dividers, Knives, Saw Tools, Scales, and Wrenches

Identifying Marks

Variations of the company name with the city, state and patent names and dates; B&C surrounded by a circle or oval.

DATM Information

Stephen C. Bemis of S.C. Bemis & Co. and Amos Call formed this company and changed its name to Bemis & Call Hardware & Tool Co. in 1855. They made wrenches with patents belonging to A.D.

Briggs on April 8, 1853, William C. Bemis (Stephen’s son) on December 2, 1873, and calipers patented May 28, 1861 by James H. Call.

General Information

Herb Page (2008) notes that Stephen Chapin Bemis was one of several partners who established the Williamsett Manufacturing Co.

in Williamsett (a small village on the northern side of Springfield) in 1828. He took over this company in 1835 and changed the name to S. C. Bemis & Co. The Merrick screw wrench patente