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Woolen and worsted manufacture

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 158 Collections and/or Records:

Norvic Company Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6817
Abstract

Collection of correspndence, working tax files, financial statements, cash books, account books, and records of sales.

Dates: undated

Norway Plains Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6818
Scope and Contents

Lists 153 women workers of a woolen company located in Rochester, New Hampshire (April 1861). Pinned to the list was a ticket of the Concord & Portsmouth Railroad, 1865, for travel from New Market Junction to Concord, New Hampshire.

Dates: 1861, 1865

Otis Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6822
Abstract

Include papers concerning Palmer Company and Ware Company, including mill histories, strike of 1922, etc.; also payroll for Boston Manufacturing Company; Bliss Fabyan price list; Nashua Manufacturing Company production costs.

Dates: 1889-1952

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

Palmer Manufacturing Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6826
Scope and Contents These records contain some deeds and related papers especially for property held by Octavius Pickering, a creditor of the Three Rivers Manufacturing Company. There are five folders of correspondence to the agent which cover all aspects of managing the factory. There are many letters from Wright and Whitman and a folder from Kilburn and Lincoln. The largest amount of material is a box of bills and receipts, invoices and bills of lading which reflect purchases and sales, freight and...
Dates: 1831-1927

Pocasset Worsted Company Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6838
Scope and Contents

This collection includes the papers that Frederick C. Fletcher removed when he sold the mill. They included extensive correspondence and purchasing records for both companies.

Also included is correspondence between William Halliwell agent for the Lawton Spinning Company and Caitlin & Company.

Dates: 1897-1907