After his schooling, Stanley worked in New Haven, Connecticut, and Fayetteville, North Carolina, before returning to New Britain in 1826.
With the investment flourishing, Frederick and his brother William purchased the remainder of that business and decided to expand.
After four years the pair invested in a brass foundry named Stanley Woodruff & Company.
When Frederick wanted to expand the manufacture of hinges, he started a separate company, the Stanley Works, which was incorporated in 1853.
[3][4] During his term, he brought gas lighting, rail service, and a reservoir-fed water supply to the town.