Isaac Read & Sons
Isaac Read, a scissors manufacturer, was listed in 1828 in Lambert Street. The enterprise remained there for over forty years, with the product line eventually including scissors, tailors’ shears, table cutlery, razors, and pocket knives. The company apparently prospered. By 1852, Isaac Read was living at Mount Pisgah and his sons, Isaac Jun. and James, had joined the business. In 1851, the Census enumerated James in Lambert Street as a scissors manufacturer, employing 25 men, eight women, and s....
