Lay Whip Co.

BANQ

• TP11, S8, SS20 Fonds Cour supérieure, Greffe de Sherbrooke, Raisons sociales
• Registres de déclarations (« Declarations of co-partnerships »), Vol. 3, octobre 1883-juin 1896.
• Lay Whip Co., reçu le 17 octobre 1890 : « We Edwin R. Lay, Frederick E. Lay and Thomas J. Norris all of the town of Westfield in the State of Massachusetts, one of the Unites States of America, hereby certify that we intend to carry on trade and business as Whip Manufacturers at the, so called, Village of Rock Island […] in partnership under the name and firm of the “Lay Whip Company” and that the said partnership has subsisted and been in operation in the Province since the first day of September [1890] […] ». Déclaration signée à Stanstead le 22 septembre 1890.
• TP11, S8, SS20 Fonds Cour supérieure, Greffe de Sherbrooke, Raisons sociales
• Registres de déclarations (« Declarations of co-partnerships »), Vol. 3, octobre 1883-juin 1896.
• The United States Whip Co., reçu le 7 avril 1893 : « The United States Whip Company was incorporated upon the twenty-ninth day of September in the year [1892] at the City of Portland in the State of Maine […] by certificate of incorporation or Letters Patent duly issued, granted and registered […]. Its principal place of business in province of Quebec is at the Village of Rock Island […], which shall be known as the United States Whip Company – Lay Whip Company Branch. In testimony where of this declaration in duplicate is made and signed by one Thomas James Norris of the Township of Stanstead […], the Canadian Manager of the said Company since its establishment in this Province, to wit, from the fourth day of March [1893] […] ». Déclaration signée à Stanstead, le 1er avril 1893.
• TP11, S8, SS20 Fonds Cour supérieure, Greffe de Sherbrooke, Raisons sociales
• Registres de déclarations (« Declarations of co-partnerships »), Vol. 4, juin 1896-février 1909.
• The United States Whip Co., reçu le 23 janvier 1899 : « The United States Whip Company was incorporated upon the twenty-ninth day of September in the year [1892] at the City of Portland in the State of Maine […] by certificate of incorporation or Letters Patent duly issued, granted and registered […]. Its principal place of business in province of Quebec is at the Village of Rock Island […], which shall be known as the United States Whip Company – Lay Whip Company Branch. That the said United States Whip Company – Lay Whip Company Branch which was duly incorporated has ceased to do business at Rock Island […] and the Lay Whip Company Branch thereof no longer exists. In testimony where of this declaration in duplicate is made and signed by one Thomas James Norris of the Township of Stanstead […], the Canadian Manager of the said Company since its establishment in this Province, to wit, from the fourth day of March 1893 […] ». Déclaration signée à Stanstead, le 21 janvier 1899.
• TP11, S8, SS20 Fonds Cour supérieure, Greffe de Sherbrooke, Raisons sociales
• Registres de déclarations (« Declarations of co-partnerships »), Vol. 4, juin 1896-février 1909.
• Lay Whip Co., reçu le 23 janvier 1899 : « I Edwin Ralph Lay of the Town of Westfield [Mass.] […], Whip Manufacturer, hereby certify that I intend to carry on business as a Manufacturer of Whips at the Village of Rock Island […] under the style of “Lay Whip Company” and that no other person is associated with me ». Déclaration signée à Rock Island, le 4 janvier 1899.
• TP11, S8, SS20 Fonds Cour supérieure, Greffe de Sherbrooke, Raisons sociales
• Registres de déclarations (« Declarations of co-partnerships »), Vol. 4, juin 1896-février 1909.
• No 35, Lay Whip Co., reçu le 9 mai 1901 : « Lay Whip Company was duly incorporated upon the second day of April [1901] at Rutherford in the State of New Jersey […] by articles of association and incorporation or Letters Patent duly issued, granted and registered […]. The principal place of business of the said Corporation in Province of Quebec is at the Village of Rock Island […]. In testimony whereof this declaration in duplicate is made by one Thomas James Norris of the Village of Rock Island […] who have been the Canadian Manager of the said Company at Rock Island aforesaid since its incorporation […] ». Déclaration signée à Rock Island, le 6 mai 1901.
• TP11, S8, SS20 Fonds Cour supérieure, Greffe de Sherbrooke, Raisons sociales
• Registres de déclarations (« Declarations of co-partnerships »), Vol. 4, juin 1896-février 1909.
• No 38, Lay Whip Co., reçu le 25 mai 1901 : « I Edwin Ralph Lay of the Town of Westfield [Mass.] […], hereby certify that the style recorded by me on the 21st January 1899 [sic, 23 janvier] as a Manufacturer of Whips at the Village of Rock Island […] as Lay Whip Company is hereby cancelled and of no effect that since the said date the said Company has been incorporated and has been duly recorded ». Déclaration signée à Rock Island, le 22 mai 1901.

S.H.S. Collection

• ROA - ROC. F3T1. Rock Island, file 5 of 6. Facture de la « Lay Whip Company » de Rock Island pour M. Nutt, 8 août 1892.
• ROA - ROC. F3T1. Rock Island, file 5 of 6. Facture de la « Lay Whip Company » de Rock Island adressée à H. C. Hyde de Clarenceville (Qc.), 20 février 1905.
• L’entête nous apprend que la compagnie est spécialisée dans les cravaches et les fouets pour chevaux (« Whips and Lashs ») avec un embout en os de baleine (« Pat. Whalebone Finish).
• Facture à entête visuellement intéressante.
• SCH - SHA. F3T1. Schools, file 12 of 16. Série de rapports annuels de la commission scolaire du village de Rock Island, « School Taxes collected from Incorporated Companies », 1914 à 1923.
• Confirme la liste des compagnies en activité à cette époque.
• La Lay Whip Co. est présente sur toute la période (1914-1923).

The Eastern Townships Business and Farmer’s Directory, 1892

p. 464

• Lay Whip Co, O R Lay, Proprietor, T J Norris, Manager, Whip Manufacturers, and Westfield, Mass, U S A

Lovell’s Business and Professional and Farmer’s Directory of the Eastern Townships, 1898

p. 208

• Lay Whip Co. branch, head office Westfield, Mass.

Lovell’s Business and Professional Directory of the Cities and Towns of … and of all Towns and Banking Village in the Dominion of Canada, for 1896-97

p. 983

• Lay Whip Co., The (branch), T. J. Norris, manager

Documents visuels

Facture de la « Lay Whip Company » de Rock Island pour M. Nutt, 8 août 1892.

Facture de la « Lay Whip Company » de Rock Island adressée à H. C. Hyde de Clarenceville (Qc.), 20 février 1905.

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