The H.H. Buffum Company, based in Abington, Massachusetts, operated from 1901 to 1907 as a manufacturer of both automobiles and motor boats. The company initially produced touring cars equipped with 20-horsepower horizontal four-cylinder engines and chain-and-gear transmissions. In 1903, Buffum planned to increase production to 50 cars, but by 1904, they shifted to a more conventional design featuring a 28-horsepower vertical four-cylinder…