Merson Agreement Pen (Still Image)

Merson Agreement Pen

Dyer, James E.

1 fountain pen

When the City built a dam upriver (now Westlake Reservoir) from William Merson's mill and his Danbury Ice Company which used water from the Middle River to fill Bogg's Pond and Merson's mill's reservoir pond, Merson claimed that City was responsible for the detrimental financial impact this new dam caused for his operation. On December 10th, 1912, Mayor N. Burton Rogers signed an agreement to pay Merson damages amounting to around $30,000 (~$850,000 today). This is the pen used to sign the agreement.

1912

Danbury (Conn.)--History

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