Records 1814-1843 (bulk 1814-1816).

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Records 1814-1843 (bulk 1814-1816).

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The records describe all of the difficulties faced by the premature industries of the War of 1812 period. They include: bills, orders, accounts, inventories and cost estimates. Of particular interest are a series of reports on visits to similar mills operated by Du Pont, Bauduy & Company near Wilmington, Delaware, and by Fisher & Gougher in Germantown, Pennsylvania, with notes on workers, machinery and administrative methods. The records include much useful data on the hiring of the firm's superintendent, rules for workers, wages and the use of child labor. Also included is documentation of the effects of British competition and the settlement of the company's affairs. Manuscript records for the company are not complete. Daybooks and record books referred to in reports are missing. Agents' reports for the first part of 1815 are missing. Of the packets numbered by someone in 1829, only #2, #3 and #6 are in the collection.

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Antietam Woolen Manufacturing Company.

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The Antietam Woolen Manufacturing Company was formed in June 1814 and dissolved in April 1816. The company leased a factory in Funkstown, Maryland and operated a domestic store in Hagerstown. A fulling mill was added in 1815. It was typical of the many small textile mills that were established when imports were cut off by the War of 1812, and which quickly collapsed when British competition resumed. The company's twelve shareholders were probably all local farmers and landowners who needed to pr...

Fisher & Gougher.

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Hagerstown Bank (Md.).

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Du Pont, Bauduy & Company.

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Washington County Bank (Md.).

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Franklin Bank of Baltimore.

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