F&W carpenters hatchet

[How Lucky]

Anyone familiar with this company? I would like to look up its history. Dug it up here in the woods of Maine. I marked each photo, with what I think it reads on the ax head. Any guesses to year of manufacture?
Thanks.

 

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[jeff of pa]

"F & W" is probably Frothingham & Workman of Montreal:

https://archive.org/details/cihm_38120/page/n17/mode/1up

 

[DCMatt]

When I first saw that catalog I thought, Holy smokes those things were expensive! Now I realize the price is per dozen.

Good research!

 

[How Lucky]

Thank you, great information.