Amoskeag manufacturing company
Variant namesAmoskeag was founded in 1825 by Samuel Slater and others, with mills in Manchester, New Hampshire, and corporate headquarters in Boston, Mass. It was incorporated in 1831 and became one of the largest producers of cotton cloth in the world. It closed in bankruptcy in 1935, and its assets were taken over by Amoskeag Industries, formed by a group of Manchester citizens and businesses to act as a holding company and real estate broker for the bankrupt manufacturer.
From the description of Machinist's notes. 1882. (American Textile History Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 48447589
Cotton textile manufacturing firm, Manchester, N.H., incorporated in 1831. It operated the world's largest textile plant, but the firm also produced a variety of other products. The cotton mill was closed and the business liquidated in 1936.
From the description of Records, 1831-1936 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 17267149
From the description of Records, 1831-1936 (inclusive) [microform]. (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 229894586
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| associatedWith | Amory Manufacturing Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Amory Manufacturing Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Amory, William. | person |
| associatedWith | Amory, William. | person |
| associatedWith | Baldwin, C. W. | person |
| associatedWith | Bayley, O. W. | person |
| associatedWith | Bronson, Anna Dorothy Mason, 1830-1910. | person |
| associatedWith | Clark, John F. | person |
| associatedWith | Coolidge, T. Jefferson, 1831-1920. | person |
| associatedWith | Dumaine, F. C. | person |
| associatedWith | Dumaine, Frederic Christopher, 1866-1951. | person |
| associatedWith | Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954. | person |
| associatedWith | Greenleaf and Hubbard. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Hinrichs, Albert Ford, 1899-1978. | person |
| associatedWith | Langdon Manufacturing Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Langdon Manufacturing Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Lawrence Manufacturing Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Lawrence, Samuel. | person |
| associatedWith | Livermore, T. L. | person |
| associatedWith | Lowell, Francis Cabot, 1803-1874. | person |
| associatedWith | Manchester Mills. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Manchester Mills. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Manchester (N.H.). Board of Mayor and Aldermen. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Manchester (N.H.). Mayor. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Manchester (N.H.). Office of the City Clerk. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Manchester Print-Works. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Manchester Print-Works. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Parkhill Manufacturing Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Rogers family. | family |
| associatedWith | Rogers, John, Jr., 1829-1904. | person |
| associatedWith | Safford, Arthur T., 1867-1951. | person |
| associatedWith | Stark Mills. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Straw, H. F. | person |
| associatedWith | United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Washington Mills (Lawrence, Mass.) | corporateBody |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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| Boston (Mass.) | |||
| New Hampshire--Manchester | |||
| New Hampshire | |||
| New Hampshire | |||
| Manchester (N.H.) | |||
| Boston (Mass.) | |||
| New Hampshire--Manchester | |||
| New Hampshire |
| Subject |
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| Cotton machinery |
| Cotton manufacture |
| Industry |
| Labor and laboring classes |
| Machinists |
| Management |
| Manufactures |
| Textile industry |
| Textile workers |
| Working class |
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| Capitalists and financiers |
| Manufacturer |
| Textile workers |
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Active 1845
Active 1915
