Enos Brown & Co. records, 1867-1894, bulk 1867-1876.

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Enos Brown & Co. records, 1867-1894, bulk 1867-1876.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318598244

Formerly called Bowen Bros. Records, the collection consists mainly of letters, orders and receipts generated by Enos Brown & Co., a Chicago firm selling machinery parts, warps, dyes, and other manufacturing supplies to woolen mills in Utah in the 1870s.

0.1 cubic ft. (5 folders)

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