[Business records]. 1869-1934.

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[Business records]. 1869-1934.

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Records include general outgoing correspondence, 1872-1887, 1899-1901; and correspondence concerning sales, etc., 1915-1934. Correspondents include H. & W.H. Lewis, Laidlaw Company, and Lynx Corporation, all of New York City. Collection also includes Navy contracts and government bids, 1917-1934; and payroll ledgers containing rent and board deductions and amounts produced by weavers; these are labelled Ellis, Converse & Co. Also included are weaving drafts and counts, plus price lists and costs, 1910-1916.

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American Textile History Museum Library

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Laidlaw Company (New York, N.Y.)

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D.W. Ellis & Son (Monson, Mass.)

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Converse, E. Julius.

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Ellis, Dwight W.

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Converse, Ellis & Company.

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Lynx Corporation (New York, N.Y.)

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Ellis, Arthur D.

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A.D. Ellis & Son (Monson, Mass.)

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This woolen mill was one of several belonging to Dwight W. Ellis; some were owned in partnership with E. Julius Converse. Ellis purchased the mill site in Monson, Mass. in 1872. Around 1875, Arthur D. Ellis became a partner, and the firm was known as D.W. Ellis & Son. The name eventually became A.D. Ellis & Son. The mill originally produced fine cassimeres but by the 1920's it was manufacturing broadcloth, billiard cloth, uniform cloth and jerseys. By the late 1930's automobile and unifo...