Boston Public Library Dr. Ronald Epp 47 Pond View Dr. Merrimack, NH 03054 Oct. 21, 2008 Dear Dr. Epp Your question concerning the no.2 Commonwealth Avenue Land Trust of 1896 was forwarded to the Kirstein Business Branch Library from ask@bpl.org. Unfortunately, there are no records of the particular trust at the Kirstein Branch. I am sending by regular mail some photocopies which may help you in your research. Prior to the institution of the Antitrust Laws in the early 20th century, trusts were commonplace and were used generally to operate in restraint of trade. The trust charter may give an official purpose, but the true purpose may be difficult to determine. The Directory of Directors in the City of Boston is a set of annual volumes showing the affiliations between companies and directors. The first edition from 1905 is not early enough to show your particular trust, but does list several for Peabody and Parkman. The purpose of the trusts is not stated. Another set of volumes, the Fisher Manuals, first published in 1925, detail when companies and trusts were dissolved. Again, your particular trust is not mentioned. A similar trust is listed in the 1938 volume. The Commonwealth Avenue Land Trust of 1903 was filed with the Department of Corporation and Taxation, State House, Boston, MA on July 10, 1922. It would appear that the records for trusts from that period should have been filed with that office. The Secretary of the Commonwealth Corporations Division is today located at One Ashburton Place, 17th floor, Boston. Their telephone number is 617-727-9640. Contact their office to see whether they have kept the records from 1896, and if so, where they might be kept. Their office typically will not perform the search for you, so you may have to make a visit in person. Good luck with your research Distine D. Petersante Reference Librarian Kirstein Business Branch BPL 230 ROBERT D. FISHER MANUAL OF VALUABLE AND Name State Date Charter Forfeited Name State Date Charter Forteltot State Date Charter Forfeit time the bonds were offered for sale we reported that Commercial Trust Co., N. Y. C., 1906. Merged no earnings are obtainable and we should think East River National Bank, 1924. from the general outlook of things that this could Commonwealth Confectionery Co. Mass. 1934. Commonwealth Company. Md. 1937. Name Commercial Underwriters Agency, Inc. N. J. 1936 be a good proposition to steer clear of" No trace Commercial Union & Investment Company. Fla. Commonwealth Contracting Co., Inc. Mass. 1933. Commonwealth Construction Co., Inc. Mass. 1934 of the company can be found for several years and Commercial United Finance Corp. Del. 1935. bankers of McDowell County, W. Va. state that they Commercial Vegetarian & Dairy Restaurant, commonwealth Cooperative Inc. N. Y. 1933. never heard of this company nor Pine Mountain N.Y. 1935. Range and that they do not believe any such range Commercial Welding and Machine Co. of land exists. It is our opinion that the bonds are Commonwealth Corporation. N. J. 1936. Commonwealth Corporate Service Co. Del. 1934. Commonwealth Corp. Del. 1937 Commonwealth Co-operative Realty Co. N. J. 1935 Commercial Wholesale Cleaners & Dyers, Inc. Md worthless. 1937. Commonwealth Development Co. Del. 1937. Commercial Money Corp. Del. 1937. Commercial Wool Stock Co. Mass. 1933. Commercial Mortgage Company. Fla. 1936. Commercial Wool Stock Co., Inc. N. Y. 1934 Commonwealth Development Co. Mass. 1936. Commercial Writing Service, Inc. Mass. 1933. Commonwealth Drug & Chemical Co. Mass. 1933. Commercial Mortgage Company. N. J. 1937. Commercial Mortgage & Finance Corporation. Fla. Commonwealth Engineering Co. of America. y Commercial-Ygan Inc. N. Y. 1935. 1936. Commissaire, Inc. Incorporated in New York and Wed Commercial Motor Sales Co., Inc. Del. 1935. out of existence in 1924. The company lost III Commonwealth Engineering & Management Co. D 1935. Commercial National Bank, N. Y. C. 1885. Name charter in 1929. We believe the shares are world changed to Southern National Bank of New York less. Commonwealth Equipment Co., Inc. N'. Y. 1933. 1890. Commissary Delivery Corp. N. Y. 1935. Commonwealth Estates, Inc. Fla. 1936. Commercial National Bank, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Commissary Service Corp. N. Y. 1935. Commonwealth Estates, Inc. Mass. 1934. Receiver appointed 1879. $69,659. was returned to Commissary Stores, Inc. Fla. 1936. Commonwealth Fidelity & Surety Underwriters, It stockholders. Committee Publishing Co., Inc. Incorporated in New 1935. Commercial National Bank of Portland, Ore. Suc- York and was located at 507 Fifth Avenue, New Yor Commonwealth Film Corp. N. Y. 1935. ceeded by United States National Bank of Portland, City in 1918. In 1919 no further trace of the com Commonwealth Finance Corp. (Del.) Judge Coc pany could be found. President, Richard Fletcher ran the receiver of the company informed us th Oregon. Commercial National Bank of Washington, D. C. Secretary, Sydney S. Bobbe, 36 W. 44th St., N. YO he has never taken in a cent for this company a Mr. Bobbe informed us on November 4th, 1937, that is all work and no pay, and is sorry on ever See Continental Trust Company, Washington, D. C. the funds of the corporation were embezzled by one body's account. (1935.) In view of the above, Commercial National Co., Inc., The. Va. 1936. Commercial National Corporation. Stock has a li- of the officers who pleaded guilty and was séntenced believe the shares are without value. quidating value of $6.35 per share. Present to the to jail. The company then ceased to exist and Commonwealth Finance Corp. Mass. 1934. Commercial National Bank & Trust Company, New shares are without value. Commonwealth Finance Corporation. N. Y. 1934. Commodity Distributors, Inc. Del. 1935. Commonwealth Fish Co. Mass. 1934. York City, for payment. Commodity Sales Corp. N. Y. 1935. Commonwealth Garage Co. N. J. 1935. Commercial Paving Company. Fla. 1936. Commercial Press, Inc. Md. 1934. Commodore Cloak Co., Inc. N. Y. 1934. Commonwealth Gasoline Stations, Inc. N. J. 1937. Commercial Producing Corp. N. Y. 1933. Commodore Curtain & Upholstery Co., Inc. N. Commonwealth Golf Courses, Inc. Mass. 1933. Commercial Products, Inc. N. J. 1933. 1935. Commonwealth Guarantee Corp. Del. 1936. Commonwealth Holding Company. Fla. 1936. Commercial Properties Company. Fla. 1936. Commodore Development Company, Inc. Fla. 1936 Commercial Properties Corporation. Fla. 1936. Commodore Electric Corp. N. Y. 1935. Commonwealth Holding Corp. Del. 1935. Commercial Protective Assn. of America. Del. 1934. Commodore Filling Stations, Inc. N. Y. 1935.4 Commonwealth Holding Corporation. N. J. 1936 Commercial Purchase Corporation. N. Y. 1934. Commodore Finance Corp. N. Y. 1935. Commonwealth Hotel Construction Corporation. T1 Commodore Garden Corp. N. Y. 1933. preferred and common stocks have a liquidatir Commercial Rabbit Co. Del. 1936. Commercial Radio Advertising Service, Inc. N. Y. Commodore Grill & Cafeteria, Inc. N. Y. 1935. value of $100. and $19.43 per share respectivel Commodore Groceries. Inc. N. J. 1935. NOTICE-Under size stock certificates, that 1 1935. Commercial Rayon Dyeing Co., Inc. N. Y. 1935. Commodore Holding Co., Inc. N. Y. 1935 smaller than the usual certificates, were illegal Commodore Hotel Corporation. Fla. 1936. issued and have no value. The good certificates a Commercial Real Estate & Investment Company. Fla. Commodore Importers, Inc. N. Y. 1935. larger than the ordinary certificates. C/D for stor 1936. Commercial Realization Corporation. N. Y. 1934. Commodore Land Company. Fla. 1936. issued by the Mount Vernon Trust Company, Commercial Realty Company. Florida 1936. Commodore Market, Inc. N. J. 1934. Mount Vernon, New York, should be presented Commercial Realty & Construction Company. Fla. Commodore Metal Stamping Corp. N. Y. 1935. the Mount Vernon Trust Company for payment, at Commodore Mining Co. Bid 1930, 2c per share BR will receive 55% in cash; 33% in Certificates 1936. 1931, 3/4.c per share. We refer you to Reynolds Beneficial Interest Cfts. of the bank, and 111% Commercial Realty Corp. Md. 1934. Morse Corp. 1555 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado the bank's stock. The actual stock certificate Commercial Realty Holdings, Inc. N. J. 1934. Commodore Operating Corp. N. Y. 1935. should be presented for payment to the Court Commercial Realty & Trading Corp. N. Y 1935. Commodore Shoe Corp. N. Y. 1935 Chancery, Wilmington, Delaware. Commercial Reed and Rattan Co., Inc. Mass. 1934. Commercial Refrigeration Co., Inc., The. Del. 1937. Commodore Steak & Chop House Corp. N. Y. 1935. Commodore Soda Shops, Inc. N. Y. 1935. Commonwealth Housing Corp. N. Y. 1935. Commonwealth Hygienic Ice Co. Mass. 1936. Commercial Research Corp. (Illinois) Dissolved 1926. Commodore Vegetarian Restaurant, Inc. N. Y. 193£ Commodore Tile Co., Inc. N. Y. 1933. Commonwealth Income & Audit System, Inc. N. Commercial Ribbon Co., Inc., The. N. Y. 1933. 1935. Commercial Sapphire Corp. N. Y. 1935. Common Equities, Inc. N. Y. 1935. Commonwealth Independence Plan, Inc. N. Y. 193 Commercial Savings Bank. Md. 1935. Common Merchandising Co., Inc. N. Y. 1933. Commonwealth Industrial Finance Corp. Del. 1934. Commercial Securities Sales Co., Inc. Fla. 1936. Common Service Realty Corp. N. Y. 1935. Commonwealth Investment Co. Mass. 1935. Commercial Security Company. Fla. 1936. Common Shares Corp. of Amer. Del. 1934. Commonwealth Investment Company. N. J. 1936. Commercial Security & Development Co. Fla. 1936. Common Shares Inc. Del. 1935. Commonwealth Investment Corporation. Fla. 1936 Commercial Service Bureau, Inc. N. J. 1936. Commoner, Incorporated. Fla. 1936. Commonwealth Kennel Club, Inc. Mass. 1937. Commercial Service Co. Incorporated in Wisconsin in Commons & Commons, Inc. Fla. 1936. Commonwealth Land Company, Inc. Fla. 1936. 1909 and forfeited its charter in 1926. The company Commonshare Founders Corp. Del. 1934. Commonwealth Land & Improvement Co. N. J. 193 filed its last report in 1924. President, C. F. Gol- Commonwealth Acceptance Company. Fla. 1936. Commonwealth Leather Art Co., Inc. N. Y. 1933. ling. 160 Park Hill Ave. Yonkers, N. Y., Treasurer Commonwealth Apartments Co. Mass. 1933. Commonwealth Marmon Co. Mass. 1934. E. O. Golling, 189 W. Madison St., Chicago, Ill. Commonwealth Automobile Club. N. J. 1937 Commonwealth Mining Co. Idaho 1935. Commercial Service Company, Inc. Fla. 1936. Commonwealth Avenue Land Trust. Above company Commonwealth Mining Company. Incorporated Janu Commercial Slipper Co., Inc. N. Y. 1935. filed copy of its declaration of trust with the Depart ary 8, 1924 in Arizona and their present address Commercial State Bank, Dallas, Texas. The Mercan- ment of Corporation and Taxation, State House, Bose or in care of Wm. Westover, Yuma, Arizona. It is r tile National Bank, Dallas, Texas, successors to the ton, Mass., on July 10, 1922, though the date of Trus- ported that the company owns 6 claims. 120 acres, 0 above bank, reported in 1925, that the final payment ganization of the trust was January 29, 1903. Harcuvar Mountains, Ellsworth district, Yum to stockholders would hardly exceed 25%. tees, Walter Hunnewell, Wellesley, Mass., Schuyler County, Arizona. Copper is the principal metal, bu Commercial Station Post Office, Inc. Del. 1933. S Bartlett. Wellesley. Mass. Greenville D. Braman ter gold and silver are present; ore assays 8 to 15 Commercial Steam Laundry, Inc. R. I. 1935. minate in twenty years from the date of formation of 16 Sutton Place, New York City. Trust was to copper. The last reports were that the company di Commercial Steamship Co. Del. 1936. some development work in 1926 and 1927 and hav Commercial Steel Equipment Company. N. J. 1936. and therefore assume that the trust is now out not reported any activity since. It is our opinio Commercial Super-Imposing Corp., Ltd. Del. 1935. existence. that the low price of copper has prevented the con Commercial Supply Co., Inc. Del. 1936. Commonwealth Avenue Pharmacy Inc. Mass. 19 pany from making any progress. There is absolute) Commercial Survey Corp. Md. 1936. Commonwealth Bank, N. Y. C., 1879. Merged no market for the stock; and do not believe the stoc Commercial Syndicates, Inc. N. J. 1937. Manufacturers Trust Co., 1927. more than a nominal value as of June 6th, 1931. Commercial Title Company. Fla. 1936. Commonwealth Bond Corp. Del. 1937. Commonwealth Mortgage Company. Fla. 1936. Commercial Trading Corp. Md. 1934. Commonwealth Bond & Mortgage Company: Commonwealth Mortgage Company. N. J. 1936. Commercial Trading & Investing Corp. N. Y. 1935. 1936. Commonwealth Motor Mart, Inc. Mass. 1937. Commercial Traveler Mining Co. Idaho 1935. Commonwealth Bond & Mige. Co. N. J. 1934. Commonwealth Motor Sales Co., Inc. Mass. 1933. Commercial Transportation Co. Del. 1935. Commonwealth Chemical Co., of Medford. Commonwealth Moving Company, Inc. N. Y. 1934. Commercial Travelers Magazine Publishing Co. Mass. by American Glue Co., and a new company Commonwealth Mtge. & Loan Co. Mass. 1933. 1934. formed known as American Acid Co. Commercial Travelers Pineapple Company. Fla. 1936 Commonwealth Coal and Coke Corporation of Paterso Commonwealth of Virginia. See Virginia, Common Commonwealth National Corp. Del. 1934. Commercial Travelers & Tourists Assoc., Inc. Del. N. J. 1937. Wealth of 1935. Commonwealth Collection Agency, Inc. N. J. 1935 Commonwealth Oil Corporation. N. J. 1936 Commercial Traveling & Exchange Corp. N. Y. 1935. Commonwealth Collection & Credit Corp. Mass. Commonwealth Oil Development Co., Mobile, Ala. Commercial Trimming Co., Inc. N. Y. 1934. Commonwealth Co. Mass. 1933. value found for stock. VIII AS A DIRECTOR EXAMINE THE SIXTY-FIRST Directory of Directors ANNUAL REPORT of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Boston, Massachusetts IN January 1st, 1905. Assets, $38,324,422.73 Liabilities, 34,638,296.48 THE CITY OF BOSTON $3,686,126.25 AND VICINITY BENJAMIN F. STEVENS, President ALFRED D. FOSTER, Vice-President S. FRANKSFORD TRULL, Secretary WILLIAM B. TURNER, Asst. Secretary. Dr.F: APPEL, Superintendent of Agencies Directors 1905 Thomas Sherwin Gordon Abbott Warren Sawyer Charles E. Cotting Alfred D. Foster Henry Parkman Nathaniel J. Rust. Reginald Foster Wallace L. Pierce Benjamin Stevens This report will; be an object lesson, as it presents a list of the high-grade securities held by the Company which forcefully illustrates the strength, security; and conservative management of this institution. A copy will be mailed on request. Apply to CHARLES H. FLOOD, Manager Home. Office Agency, Company's Building, 87 Milk Street, Boston, or ALBERT H. CURTIS Edited, Compiled, and Published by THE BANKERS' SERVICE COMPANY General Agent, 176 Federal Street, Boston. 88 BROAD STREET, BOSTON