PRODUCT DESCRIPTION :
 
 
Lovely wee vintage USA smoking tobacco tin, showing nice font , colour and image of the man himself, Prince Albert.
Manufactured by R.J. Reynolds To acco Co, Winston- Salem, N.C. 
 
 
SIZE : 110mm High  x 75mm Wide x 20mm Deep
 
CONDITION : Overall very good for age,minor marks and dents.
 
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MORE INFO :
 
John J. Bagley, the owner of Mayflower Tobacco, moved to Detroit from New York in 1846 to work as an apprentice to Isaac Miller who owned his own tobacco company.  Some years later, Bagely bought Miller's company and renamed it Mayflower Tobacco Co.  Bagley was also involved in the politics of Detroit.  He chaired the Republican State Central Committee around the 1850s and served as Michigan's chief executive.  While in office, he advocated for the establishment of a Board of Health and was a supporter of prohibition.  He died in 1881 and was memorialized by a street name, a statue on Campus Martius and (in accordance with his will) a public drinking fountain.
Daniel Scotten was another extreemly wealthy tobacco merchant.  He owned Scotten-Dillon Company which sold $4 million of tobacco products annually.  When Scotten died in 1899, he owned about 2,500 plots of land in Detroit and left his $7 million estate to his heirs.  He also gave his personal collection of 20,000 rare books to the Detroit Public Library.
The tobacco industry employed thousands of Detroitans and contributed millions to the economy of Detroit.  Many of the businessmen and merchants that ran these companies also contributed to the politics of Detroit.