- Date:
- 1880
- Original Format:
- Photographic Print
- Item#:
- MES04355
Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822-1903)
Abram Stevens Hewitt was an American iron manufacturer, philanthropist, and politician. Hewitt became a close friend and associate of Edward Cooper and together they formed Cooper, Hewitt, & Company, which would erect America's first open hearth furnace and manufacture America's first commercial steel. Hewitt was also a congressman and the mayor of New York City.