Henry Pinckney Hammett papers, 1842-1879.

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Henry Pinckney Hammett papers, 1842-1879.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28414982

Personal correspondence and business papers of Hammett and his family, reflecting his partnership in the textile mill of William Bates & Co., Rockey Creek, 1849-1863, his presidency of the Greenville & Columbia Railroad, 1866-1870, and his founding and presidency of the Piedmont Manufacturing Co. (Greenville County, S.C.), 1873-1891, including letters, May 1859, written during Hammett's tour of Northern cotton factories, and relating impressions of Washington, D.C.; New York City; Lowell, Mass.; and Canada. Also includes letterbook, 1885-1886, documenting textile mill operations, and discussing origins of organized labor and counter-measures to be taken against it; the impact of a measles epidemic, ca. Jan. 1886; the value of mechanized operations in times of recession; the acquisition of books from Boston for a factory village library; and the purchase of Camperdown Mills. Other correspondents include Andrew Baxter Springs; Hammett's wife, Deborah Jane Bates Hammett; son-in-law, James Lawrence Orr; and daughters, Bettie B. Orr and Fannie.

137 items and 1 volume.

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Hammett, Deborah Jane Bates

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Orr, James Lawrence, 1852-1905

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Springs, A. Baxter (Andrew Baxter), 1819-1886

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Piedmont Manufacturing Company (Piedmont, S.C.)

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Hammett, Henry Pinckney, 1822-1891

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Cotton manufacturer, textile mill owner, and railroad company president, of Greenville County, S.C. From the description of Henry Pinckney Hammett papers, 1842-1879. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 28414982 ...

Hammett family.

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William Bates & Co.

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Camperdown Mills.

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Greenville & Columbia Railroad

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Incorporated in South Carolina in 1845 to connect Columbia and Greenville, S.C.; line opened (165 miles) in 1853; reorganized as Columbia and Greenville Railroad Company in 1880. From the description of Records, 1850-1879. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28415964 ...