Business papers, 1815-1902.

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Business papers, 1815-1902.

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The records document the activities of two generations of the Bancroft family in England and America and consist primarily of account books from the various family businesses.

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Hagley Museum & Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6738313

Hagley Museum & Library

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Bancroft, Samuel, 1804-1891

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Bainton & Bancroft.

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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, John, 1774-1852

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Bancroft family.

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John Bancroft (1750-1833) was a chair manufacturer and timber merchant in Manchester, England. His son John was born in Manchester in 1774 and was apprenticed in his father's business. In 1822 the family emigrated to the United States. John, the younger, established a woolen mill near Brandywine Bridge in Wilmington, Delaware with his sons John (1802-1882) and Samuel (1804-1891). The third son Joseph remained in England to complete his apprenticeship at his uncle John Bright's cotto...

John Bancroft & Sons Company.

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Lawton, Abraham, 1800-1882.

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Todmorden Mills (Nether Providence Twp., Pa.).

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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 ...