Est. 1860. The following is from a blog by RIBottleguy (http://riwhiskeybottles.blogspot.com/2016/02/whiskeys-packard-to-richardson.html
E. Palmer (1857?-1918) and Patrick F. Madigan (d. 1890) were liquor dealers in Providence. They claimed to have established their business in 1860. They were located at cor. Pine St. and Harkness Ct. They were at 16 & 18 Pine St. 1867, listed as wholesale dealers in wines and liquors, also Bininger products (a grocer from New York). They were at 17-21 Pine St. in 1870-76. They were at 21 Pine St. 1877. They were at 45 Hay St. cor. Friendship in 1878-86. While the location didn't change, they changed to address to Friendship cor. Hay from 1887-1917. They were first listed as wholesale liquor dealers in 1901.
Patrick died Dec. 1890. His son John M. Madigan joined the company in 1891. John M. Madigan died in January 1895. George E. died Oct. 1918.
They were at 3 Friendship St. in 1918-19. They were at 43 Hay St. in 1920. (1878-1917) Friendship cor. Hay St. address Business name timeline: Palmer & Madigan
Address timeline: Friendship cor Hay | | Business category timeline (abbreviations decoded below): W
Years that company appeared in directories
Years directories were consulted
Providence directory notes
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Appearance in
directories: 1900, 1911
Directories
consulted: 1900, 1911
Providence directory
notes: W = Liquors, Wholesale. Directory copies also include a partial list of Retailers and a hand-written notation about Wholesalers in neighboring towns (Pawtucket, Woonsocket etc). These were not included in the database.
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