
Gould, while Inslee partnered with one John G.

The Gould-Inslee partnership was short-lived, and afterwards Gould took his brother Stephen as partner in E.

At the beginning of the Gould & Inslee partnership they introduced a solid-chisel mortiser. Inslee became a partner and the business became Gould & Inslee. In or shortly after 1840, Farrand left the partnership and the shop operated under the name of Ezra Gould. We do not know what products they may have made in their early years. Farrand and Ezra Gould opened a machine shop and foundry, Farrand & Gould, in Newark. Because data is relatively sparse, it is likely that there are inaccuracies.

What follows is our reconstruction of this complex history. The business changed names about a dozen times, and ownership changed at least as often. This maker of woodworking machinery, metalworking machinery and steam engines operated for over a century.
