Hollingworth letters. 1826-1837.

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Hollingworth letters. 1826-1837.

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Letters are from Jabez Hollingworth, John Hollingworth, John P. Barnett, J. Wadsworth, Joseph Hollingworth, George Hollingworth, James Hollingworth, Tiffany, Sayles and Hitchcock, Boston, Mass., Bradley Clay, and Joseph Haigh. Correspondence is addressed to William Rawcliff, Tiffany, Sayles and Hitchcock, S.A. Hitchcock, and Hamilton Woolen Company. The letters provide a view of the immigrant labor force in America and record both personal and business activities.

1 box (35 items) ; 27 x 6 x 40 cm.

American Textile History Museum Library

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American Textile History Museum Library

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Hollingworth, John.

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Hamilton Woolen Company

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Woolen manufacturer, Southbridge, Mass. Incorporated 1831, succeeding the Wolcott Woolen Company. Specialized in fine broadcloths in the early years and later in "muslin delaines". Acquired the interests of the Central Manufacturing Company and the Central Mills Company, cotton manufacturers, in 1923. The firm was liquidated in 1934-1935 after a succession of labor troubles. From the description of Records, 1822-1936 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 2298945...

Hollingworth, Joseph.

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Leicester Manufacturing Company (Leicester, Mass.)

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Hollingworth family.

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Tiffany, Sayles and Hitchcock (Boston, Mass.)

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Hollingworth, George.

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Hollingworth, Jabez.

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Jabez Hollingworth, a young English laborer, left Huddersfield in October, 1826, bound for New York. He was soon joined by his brothers and a sister, his father, an aunt and uncle, and several cousins and acquaintances. Often separated, the family kept in touch by letter. The family settled first in Leicester, Mass. and worked at Leicester Manufacturing Company, a maker of woolen cloth. By 1830 some were living in Southbridge, Mass. and working at Hamilton Woolen Company. About the same time oth...

Hollingworth, James

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Muddy Brook-Pond Factory (Woodstock, Conn.)

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