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WEMOTT, HOWARD AND COMPANY
WEMOTT, HOWARD AND COMPANY. The 1868-69 Dubuque City Directory listed 163 Main.
The 1873-74 Dubuque City Directory listed 134 Main.
The 1874-1875 and 1875-1876 Dubuque City Directory stated that this business was located at 656 and 658 Main.
The 1878-79 and 1880 Dubuque City Directory listed 656 to 664 Main.
In 1883 and 1884-1885 the address was given as 656 Main.
In 1884-1885 the Dubuque City Directory listed 656-664 Main.
The 1886-87 Dubuque City Directory listed 656 Main.
The only mention of the company in the online records of the Telegraph Herald, state that the company supplied "the numerous Keota chandeliers" and all the crockery and silverware used aboard the steamer Mary Morton constructed by the DIAMOND JO BOATYARD. (1)
See: S.S. WEMOTT
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Source:
"The Mary Morton," The Daily Herald, June 20, 1880, p. 4