A trademark of the Ellenville Co-Operative Cutlery Company. After the Civil War, several knife factories were started in New York and New England on the co-operative system. This firm was founded by a group of cutlers who quit their jobs in Connecticut, and moved to Ellenville, New York. The officers of the company were: James G. Miller, president; William Booth, vice-president; Marsh Mycroft, secretary; William Longdon, treasurer; William Myers, James Senior, and Frederick Hunt were directors.
In the middle of August, 1871, the workmen arrived in Ellenville. Within a short time they began manufacturing spring cutlery bearing the stamp “Ellenville Knife Co.” These men failed to make the business profit. As a result, some local men took over the firm. Capital stock in the amount of $10,000 was sold, and the new company was known as the “Ellenville Knife Company.”
c 1871