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Tileston & Hollingsworth Co. Papers, 1755-1963.

Title: Papers, 1755-1963.

Much of the earliest material in the collection relates to the miscellaneous business activities of Hugh McLean and James Boies, and also to water privileges on the Neponset River. Early documents connected to the papermaking business include a 1775 writ against Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831) for money owed to Boies, as well as several indentures for apprentice papermakers. The largest segment of this collection is a substantial file of incoming correspondence, primarily from the period 1830 to 1850. Totaling more than two thousand five hundred items, these letters are arranged chronologically and are housed in twelve boxes. The letters include many orders for paper placed by wholesalers and printers, frequently including specifications for the size and type of paper needed. There is frequent discussion in the letters of problems of supply, delivery, and quality of paper. Other letters discuss the purchase of rags in the United States and in Europe, and also the purchase and repair of machinery. This portion of the collection includes bills of lading for incoming materials, and a few letters from individuals seeking employment in the mills. Two additional boxes and two oversize folders contain accounts of sales and accounts current, from the years between 1831 and 1854. These accounts were kept by paper wholesalers and agents, and show stocks and sales of paper supplied by Tileston and Hollingsworth. This material gives a picture of the distribution process, as the company did business with firms in a number of cities including Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New Orleans. Also in this portion of the collection are some accounts for incoming materials, such as rags, shavings, and parts for machines. The Tileston and Hollingsworth papers also include approximately four hundred bills of lading from 1837, 1838, and 1844 for loads of paper sent from Boston by ship, a small number of receipted bills, mostly from 1829 to 1834, and a group of deeds, plans, and other documents, mostly pertaining to mills and other property owned by the company, as well as water rights on the Neponset River. There miscellaneous materials as well, including a small collection of paper samples, a book of business memoranda kept by Mark Hollingsworth between 1830 and 1834, and three account books, 1819-1823 and 1846-1847, for general stores.

ArchivalResource: 18 boxes.4 v. ; folio.1 folder ; oversize.

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