John Newton & Company
According to The Industries of Sheffield (1888), this enterprise was established in 1861 by Arthur Lee & Son. Presumably, this was Arthur Lee (1842-1918), who in the 1860s was the American representative for Moss & Gamble (see Wilson, Hawksworth, Ellison & Co). In about 1870, Lee returned to Sheffield and set up his own agency as a cutlery merchant and American importer in Arundel Lane. In the early 1880s, Lee began wire manufacture and the Arundel Lane premises were vacated. By 1887, John....
