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y about one hundred and twenty-five men. They have a large trade all through New England. A. B. & E. L. Shaw. A. B. & E. L. Shaw, East Cambridge, are makers of parlor, church, and lodge furniture. The business was established in 1780 by Jacob Foster & Son, and has been continuous since that date. The successors to Jacob Foster & Son were Charles Foster, 1828; Foster, Lawrence & Co., 1833; Edward Lawrence, 1856; Braman, Shaw & Co., 1863; Shaw, Applin & Co., 1877; A. B. & E. L. Shaw, 1887.Jacob Foster & Son were Charles Foster, 1828; Foster, Lawrence & Co., 1833; Edward Lawrence, 1856; Braman, Shaw & Co., 1863; Shaw, Applin & Co., 1877; A. B. & E. L. Shaw, 1887. The old firms of Foster, Lawrence & Co. and Edward Lawrence employed convict labor at the Massachusetts State Prison in Charlestown, but when Braman, Shaw & Co. succeeded to the business it was removed to East Cambridge. For the past ten years the present firm have occupied the Geldowsky factory, and they employ from one hundred and fifty to two hundred hands. The firm do the largest business in the manufacture of fine upholstered furniture in New England, and have furnished some of the fi