Cheney family papers and business records, 1797-1956.

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Cheney family papers and business records, 1797-1956.

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Correspondence between immediate and extended family members of the Cheney family from Manchester, Connecticut, namely Frank W. Cheney, Mary Bushnell Cheney, Emily Cheney Learned and her husband Barrett Learned, Howell Cheney, Ward Cheney, Knight Dexter Cheney, Charles Cheney, Mary Apthorp Bushnell, Horace Bushnell, Horace B. Cheney, Mary B. Howell Saw, and Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney, among others. A commonplace book kept by Mary Howell (Shaw), her diaries, and a transcript of those diaries are also part of the collection. Also business correspondence of Frank W. and Knight D. Cheney regarding their silk mill in Manchester. Frank's correspondence includes letters about the 16th Connecticut Volunteers reunions, erecting a statue at the site of Andersonville Prison, erecting a memorial to Joseph R. Hawley, his interests in railroads and insurance companies, his opposition to the Eight Hour movement, and his support of Civil Service Reform and a protective tariff. In planning for the two memorials, Frank corresponded with artists Bela Platt, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Daniel Chester French and Charles N. Flagg, and with Connecticut Senator Orville H. Platt. The collection also includes several essays Frank wrote to present to the Monday Evening Club. Records of Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company include trial balances, accounts, publications of the Silk Association of America, drawings of machinery, cargo insurance policies (many for trips from japan), product information for the Pioneer Parachute Company, reports to the State Library about the company's war efforts, information on the Mulberry Grove Silk Growing & Manufacturing Company of Ohio, the purchase of Cheney Brothers by J.E. Stevens & Co., and circular letters and advertising material. Letter books include three with copies of Frank W. Cheney's outgoing correspondence and one with copies of Knight D. Cheney's letters, plus two volumes with original letters, some written by Ward Cheney while traveling in Europe, and one containing a commonplace books.

18 linear feet (35 1/2 boxes, 7 volumes).

Connecticut Historical Society

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Cheney, Frank Woodbridge, 1832-1909

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Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company

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In 1838, six Cheney brothers established the Mount Nebo Silk Company in Manchester, CT . The company adopted the family name in 1843. Aided by booming national markets, a protective tariff, and innovative production methods, the company grew into the nation's largest and most profitable silk mill by the late 1880s. The company pioneered the waste-silk spinning method and the Grant's reel. At the beginning of World War I, the company employed over 4,700 workers. One out o...

Cheney Brothers

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Mount Nebo Silk Manufacturing established by Charles, Frank, Ralph, and Ward Cheney and other family members in 1837; in 1843 renamed Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company; and in 1873 name changed to Cheney Brothers; sold to J.P. Stevens & Co., in 1955 and later resold to Gerli, Inc.; mills in South Manchester and Manchester, Conn., with offices in New York, N.Y.; closed in 1984. From the description of Cheney Brothers Silk Manufacturing Company records, 1734-1979. (Univers...

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Bushnell, Horace, 1802-1876

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Horace Bushnell was born in Bantam, Connecticut on April 14, 1802. He was educated at Yale (B.A., 1827; M.A., 1830; B.D., 1833), and received degrees from Wesleyan University (D.D., 1842), Harvard (S.T.D., 1852) and Yale (LL.D., 1871). He served as pastor of North Church, Hartford, CT from 1833-1859. He was the author of "God in Christ" (1849) and "Christ in Theology" (1851), as well as other works uncongenial to the orthodox theology of his times. From the description of Horace Bush...

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