Haggard & Neely

City: Springfield

County: Sangamon

State: Illinois

Haggard and Neely sold and repaired chain pumps in Springfield, Illinois. Company partner Samuel B. Haggard owned and operated an endless chain pump factory in Chicago, Illinois and, as of 1852, contracted with an agency to sell and deliver pumps within and around Springfield. After Neely's death, Haggard sold all of the company's stock in trade via a public auction in Springfield in August 1857.

Receipt of Haggard & Neely to Abraham Lincoln; Statement of the Finances of the City of Springfield, Ill., for the Year Ending March 20, 1857 (Springfield: Lanphier & Walker, 1857), 8; Illinois Daily Journal (Springfield), 2 July 1852, 3:2; Daily Illinois State Journal (Springfield), 30 July 1857, 2:5.