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While they advertise as 'manufacturers,' they may have, in fact, only been dealers. The only known patent to Goodnow is a washer cutter. By 1898, the Goodnow patent washer cutter was being sold by Luther H. Wightman & Co., their successor. One source cites them as selling planes but there's no reason to believe they ever did (see below).

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General Information
 
The 1882 catalog lists them as "importers, manufacturers and dealers in tools of all kinds for machinists, pattern-makers, carvers, model makers, amateurs, cabinet-makers, jewelers, etc. and materials of all kinds. The catalog does, in fact, contain planes for sale, including Bailey's patent planes. A note in the beginning notes that they make "models and small experimental Machines of all kinds, to order."

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 References

Nelson, Robert E., Ed. (1999). Directory of American Toolmakers: A listing of identified makers of tools who worked in Canada and the United States before 1900. Early American Industries Association.

Goodnow & Wightman. (1882). Price list of Goodnow & Wightman, importers, manufacturers and dealers in tools of all kinds for machinists, pattern-makers, carvers, model makers, amateurs, cabninet makers, jewelers, etc. Boston, Mass. A facsimile of the original. The Early Trades & Crafts Society and the Mid-West Tool Collector’s Association.

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