It bought, sold, shipped and exported turpentine and resin from the Southern United States to national and international destinations.
[1] The company's founder was Spencer Proudfoot Shotter, a Canadian who emigrated to the United States to pursue a career in wood processing from the trees in the forests of Georgia.
[3] It was said that the company's formation led to the creation of enough jobs to assist in Savannah's exit from the post-Civil War depression.
[2] The company had branches in New York City, New Orleans, Jacksonville, Pensacola, Chicago, Philadelphia, Gulfport, Mobile, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Brunswick, Fernandina, Wilmington, Louisville and Tampa.
[4] In the first half of the 20th century, the company was charged with, according to the Georgia Historical Society, "attempting to monopolize interstate trade in the naval stores industry,"[5] a violation of the Sherman Antitrust act.