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Wool industry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:

Maple Grove Woolen Mill Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6763
Scope and Contents

Records include ledger containing records of the mill, machinery, privilege, store, houses and 3 letter copy books kept by Dennison Walker with records of shipments from Westerly, Rhode Island to Converse, Stanton & Cullen, Worth St., New York City.

Dates: 1888-1899

Markham and Puffer families papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1811
Scope and content Includes Hampshire County, Massachusetts deeds (1778-1857) for the names Ballard, Bates, Beals, Carter, Ford, Fuller, Giddings, Hamlin, Kettell, Packard, Pratt, Spaulding, Stoel, and Taylor; notes, writs of execution, and other legal documents, 18th century Massachusetts; material relating to patents on voting machines (1905); farm account books (1877-1902), a stock register (1860s, 1870s), and other accounts of William G. Markham; a ledger (1897-1901) of the Rochester Fluorometer Company;...
Dates: 1755-1909.

Marsh family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3156
Scope and content Includes account books of John Marsh and others, with notes, 1819-1898; a scrapbook with newspaper clippings of poems, death notices, and prayers, 1843-1879; financial papers including correspondence, bills, receipts, deeds, and mortgages, 1920-1925; and miscellany including two almanacs with notes, 1892-1893. Names included are John Marsh, Charles Marsh, E.C. Marsh, and E.A. Marsh. Also, correspondence and business papers (1786-1900) for Rathbone and Chapin, including three account books...
Dates: 1786-1947.

Mauger & Avery Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6774
Abstract

Collection of correspondence of the Boston office

Dates: undated

Midwest Wool Marketing Co-op Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6787
Abstract

Collection of papers, correspondence, and printed material about wool fiber characteristics, wool and sheep production, handling and processing of wool.

Dates: 1970

Pacific Mills Cotton Mill Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6825/001
Abstract Records include correspondence and memoranda, 1854-1889, concerning contracts, construction and purchases; also letters from English operatives re the conditions of their employment at Pacific Mills, 1862-1866; orders for English machinery by William C. Chapin, Agt., 1862; tax bills & receipts; construction memorandum, 1873. Also includes one spinning time book, 1879-1881; name in flyleaf, "Mr. John Barker, W Spinning, Pacific Mills, Lawrence." Also assignment of patent rights, 1876,...
Dates: 1854-1889

R. D. Nesmith Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6844
Abstract

Records include account book of goods delivered, raw materials & dyestuffs; also goods sent elsewhere for finishing, 1845-1849; payroll & manufacturing accounts, few dye receipts, 1845- 1851; a work and time book, 1845-48; weave room time book, 1851-1852; weaving records, per employee, 1849-1850.

Dates: 1845-1851