From "Leading manufacturers and merchants of the city of Boston" 1886

Harvard Pen Company

Manufacturers of the Harvard Fountain Pen, the Gem Fountain Pen and the McKenzie Stylographic Pen, No. 421 Washington St.

In this progressive age valuable inventions are so frequent, and those having little or no material merit so plenty, that we are apt to overlook the good qualities of the really meritorious abe be satisfied with an article of inferior qualit without inquiring whether ot not there is anything better. The Harvard Fountain Pen Company at their office, No 421 Washington Street, Boston, have a number of new inventions in the line of pens which are really meritorious, and deserve more than a passing mention.

One of these is the Gem Fountain Pen, which has gained great popularity in the short time it has been in the market. Thid id probably the most successful resivoire pen before the public for the price, and is guranteed by the Harvard Fountain Pen Company to stnad any test that it may be subjected to. It is simple, clean, and ready, and the most easily managed of all fountain pens. Its materials being vulcanized rubber, gold, and iridium, all of which are unaffected by acids, ink cannot corrode it. When not in use, being perfectly air tight, the ink never can thickin or dry in it. The pen used is of the best quality of gold, and writes on any kind of paper. With one filling, it will write from thirty to fourty pages of foolscap paper, does the work in a third less time and with less fatigue than attends the writing of twenty pages with the ordinary pen.

They are also manufactureres of the celebrated Harvard Fountain Pen, the most reliable pen made for commercial pourposes. The McKenzie stylographic pen is made by them in eight styles at prices ranging from one dollar and fifty cents to three dollars. At the branch office in Boston, , a large stock of the company's goods can be found, and all dealers interested are requested to call and get their prices.

The Harvard Pen Company was established in 1882 and incorporated in 1885. James A. McKenzie is the president. D.B. Mudge, vice-president; Samuel R Murphy, secretary and treasurer. The vice-president, Mr. Mudge, has charge of the Boston House, and is developing a large, permanent trade in Boston and throughout New England. The factory of the company is located in New York, where is also the main office. The Harvard Pen Company is the largest manufacturer of pens in the country.