Records, 1832-1927 (inclusive).

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Records, 1832-1927 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269602546

Correspondence (including an extensive series of letters between agents and treasurers), primary account books, production records, sales books, ledgers, journals, cashbooks from the offices in Boston and Chicopee, Mass., a complete set of payrolls, and other manuscripts relating to the manufacture of cotton goods by Dwight Manufacturing Company, Perkins Manufacturing Company, Cabot Manufacturing Company, and Alabama Mills. Includes records of selling agents, James K. Mills and Company and Minot, Hooper and Company; records of two utilities operated by the firm: Chicopee Gas Works (1852-1897) and Chicopee Electric Light Company (1887-1896); letters of treasurers Samuel F. Lyman, F.H. Story, C.W. Freeland, William A. Burke, J. Howard Nichols, Edwin F. Greene, Ernest Lovering, and George Nichols; and letters of agents S. Adams, R.A. Budlong, G.H. Nye, James W. Cumnock, N. Whittier, L.A. Aumann, and J.F. Bachelor.

150 linear ft. (936 v., 140 boxes, 1 case, 10 crates)Copies: 5 microfilm reels.

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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Adams, S.

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James K. Mills and Company.

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Nichols, J. Howard, 1838-1905.

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China trader and textile company executive. Sent to China in 1857 by John L. Gardner and Company, Nichols remained in China until 1873, buying tea, cloth, straw hats, and other dry goods and shipping them back to the United States for resale. In 1876 he became treasurer of the Dwight Manufacturing Company. He also served as treasurer of the Great Falls Manufacturing Company and as president of the board of directors of the Lyman Mills and the Manchester Mills. His home was in Newton, Massachuset...

Whittier, Nancy, 1966-...

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Cumnock, James W.

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Dwight Manufacturing Company

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Cotton manufacturing firm established in 1841 in Chicopee, Mass. In 1856 Dwight united with the Perkins Manufacturing Company (established in 1836) which had merged with the Cabot Manufacturing Company (founded 1832) in 1852. In 1897 Dwight opened a mill in Alabama City, Ala. The Chicopee mills were shut down in 1927. From the description of Records, 1832-1927 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269602546 ...

Chicopee Electric Light Company.

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Story, F. H.

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Minot, Hooper and Company.

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Budlong, R. A.

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Aumann, L. A.

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Freeland, C. W. (Collin William), 1933-

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Cabot Manufacturing Company.

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Nichols, George, 1864-1927

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Alabama Mills.

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Chicopee Gas Works.

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Lovering, Ernest.

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Lyman, Samuel, 1770-1842

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Burke, William A. (William Alvord), 1811-1887

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Machinist and corporate treasurer, of Lowell, Mass. From the description of William A. Burke letter, 1847 Apr. 21. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 599975034 ...

Nye, G. H.

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Greene, Edwin Farnham.

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Perkins Manufacturing Company.

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Bachelor, J. F.

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