A century of fine cloth, 1831-1931, 1931.

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A century of fine cloth, 1831-1931, 1931.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122458352

The item is a 154 pp. typescript history of the Bancroft firm, with emphasis on the personal life of the firm's founder and that of his immediate successors. It was prepared as a centennial history but was not published as intended because of the Depression.

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Hagley Museum & Library

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Hagley Museum & Library

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Bancroft, John, 1856-1933

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Bancroft, John, 1887-1967

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Bancroft, Joseph, 1803-1874

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Cotton cloth manufacturer of Wilmington, Del. From the description of Inbound letters, 1832-1851 [microform]. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122405925 Joseph Bancroft was a cloth manufacturer and Hicksite Quaker from Wilmington, Delaware, who worked for the reunification of the Society of Friends in the 1860's and 1870's. He wrote a number of religious tracts and published a book, A Persuasive To Unity, which he published in 1874. At his death, Bancroft e...

Bancroft, Joseph, 1875-1936

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Eckman, Jeannette

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The Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company and its unincorporated predecessors operated a cotton textile mill at Rockford, now within the city limits of Wilmington, Del., from 1831. It became a division of Indian Head Mills, Inc., in 1961 and closed in 1981. From the description of A century of fine cloth, 1831-1931, 1931. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122458352 Director, Work Projects Administration art, music, theater, and writing projects; Wilmington, Del...

Bancroft, Samuel, 1840-1915

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Bancroft, William P. (William Poole), 1835-1928

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Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company.

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Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co.

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Textile mill founded by Joseph Bancroft in 1831; mills at Rockland on the Brandywine River in Wilmington; offices in Wilmington and New York. From the description of Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co. records, 1946-1954. (Historical Society of Delaware). WorldCat record id: 71059864 From the description of Joseph Bancroft & Sons buildings notebook, 1911-1912. (Historical Society of Delaware). WorldCat record id: 71059730 ...