1826 Prov Directory
          Joseph Belcher, 10 Chestnut 

1828 Prov Directory
        Allen & Belcher, hardware & cutlery, 4 Broad
           Benj. Allen, grocer, 2 & 94 [sic] Broad (error - should be 2 & 4)
           Joseph Belcher, 4 Broad, 10 Chestnut  ( Joseph's trade is not given but his working address is the same as "Allen & Belcher" )
        Note: It appears that Benj. Allen has taken his 2 storefront location ( 2 & 4 Broad St.), and turned it into a combination grocery and hardware business;
           first with a partner Joseph Belcher, and later by himself.

1830 Prov Directory:  Green & Belcher, hardware dealers, 11 Broad, Hospital. [ Henry R. Green and Joseph Belcher ]

1831  Prov. Journal  (Apr. 4, 1831) new copartnership formed whereby Henry R. Green & Joseph Belcher take on Joseph Grant as a partner,
           and rename the business Green, Belcher & Co., still located at 11 Broad.
1831  Prov. Journal  (_________); Ad for Joseph Belcher Hardware, 11 Broad

check newspaper for above ad; recheck 1832 directory for information entered below.

1832 Prov Directory
           Green & Belcher, hardware, 11 Broad
          Joseph Belcher, hardware, 11 Broad, cor. Hosptial &  Elm
           Henry R. Green, hardware, 11 Broad, cor. Hospital & Elm

1836/37 Prov Directory
        Joseph Belcher, hardware, 11 Broad, cor. Hospital & Elm
           Henry R. Green & Son, hardware, 25 Weybosset, cor. Hospital & Elm.  (*Note: Henry Green has broken off to begin his own Hardware business)
           David C. Green, hardware, 25 Weybosset, Pawtuxet

1838/41/44 Joseph Belcher, hardware, 11 Broad, cor. Hospital & Elm

1847/48 Joseph Belcher, hardware, 121 Broad, cor. Hospital & Elm  (*Note: may be a change of locaton or the renumbering of Broad Street)

1850/52 Joseph Belcher, hardware, 121&123 Broad, cor. Hospital & Elm

1853 Joseph Belcher, hardware, 121&123 Broad, cor. Hospital & Elm
          Joseph H. Belcher,  hardware, 121&123 Broad, 20 Hospital  (*Note: first appearance of Joseph H. Belcher in Prov. Directory)

1854/55 Joseph Belcher, hardware, 121 Broad, cor. Hospital & Elm
          Joseph H. Belcher, clerk 121 Broad, Hospital & Elm

1857 Belcher & Brother, hardware, 121 Broad
          Joseph Belcher, hardware, 121 Broad, 20 Hospital
          Joseph H. Belcher, [Belcher & Brother] hardware, 121 Broad, 20 Hospital
           Leander C. Belcher, [Belcher & Brother]
 

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