Alfred Clifford Papers, 1884-1947

<P>Alfred Clifford was born in East Medway, Massachusetts, in 1845 and came to St. Louis in 1869. He worked as a bookkeeper for the Ludlow-Saylor Wire Co. and eventually established one of the first barbed wire plants in St. Louis. John W. Gates and William Edenborn became his partners. He became one of the active heads of the various mergers that were formed of steel and wire companies, and assumed the chairmanship of the board of the American Steel and Wire Company in 1900. The following year the American Steel and Wire Company was taken into the merger of the United States Steel Corporation, and Clifford served on the board until 1916. He married Miss Mary Francis Morton of St. Louis, who died in 1890, and in 1893 he married Mrs. Elizabeth Johnston Anderson. He died in 1927 in St. Louis.</P>

<P>Papers include genealogical material of the Clifford family; early patents for barbed wire, 1888; business papers of Alfred Clifford, 1889, regarding the construction of barbed wire, sale of the wire, and price contracts; price sheets of the St. Louis Wire Mill Co.; correspondence regarding the incorporation of American Steel and Wire Co. of New Jersey, 1898-1899; syndicate agreement of U.S. Steel Corporation originated under the laws of the state of New Jersey, dated March 2, 1901; published letters between Judge Elbert H. Gary and Alfred Clifford, 1926; printed histories of early development and litigation of barbed wire; and correspondence dated 1947 containing biographical data of John W. Gates and Alfred Clifford.</P>

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<P>Cite as: Alfred Clifford Papers, Missouri Historical Society Archives, St. Louis.</P>

阿尔弗雷德·克利福德于1845年出生于马萨诸塞州东梅迪韦，并于1869年抵达圣路易斯。他曾担任卢德洛-塞耶尔金属线公司的簿记员，并最终在圣路易斯建立了首批金属丝网工厂之一。约翰·W·盖茨和威廉·伊登博恩成为他的合作伙伴。他成为多个钢铁和金属线公司合并的积极领导者之一，并于1900年担任美国钢铁与金属线公司董事会主席。次年，美国钢铁与金属线公司并入美国钢铁公司，克利福德一直担任董事会成员直至1916年。他与圣路易斯的玛丽·弗朗西斯·莫顿小姐结婚，她于1890年去世，1893年他与伊丽莎白·约翰斯顿·安德森女士再婚。他于1927年在圣路易斯去世。

档案包括克利福德家族的谱系资料；1888年的早期金属丝网专利；阿尔弗雷德·克利福德1889年的商业文件，涉及金属丝网的建设、销售和价格合同；圣路易斯金属线公司的价格表；关于1898-1899年新泽西州美国钢铁与金属线公司成立的相关信件；1901年3月2日根据新泽西州法律制定的美国钢铁公司辛迪加协议；1926年法官埃尔伯特·H·加里与阿尔弗雷德·克利福德之间的公开发表信件；金属丝网早期发展和诉讼的印刷历史；以及1947年包含约翰·W·盖茨和阿尔弗雷德·克利福德传记数据的信件。

共40件。

引用格式：阿尔弗雷德·克利福德档案，密苏里历史学会档案，圣路易斯。