[Letter] 1905, Feb. 12, Belmont, N.H. [to] William J. Battison, Boston / Moses Sargent. 1905.

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[Letter] 1905, Feb. 12, Belmont, N.H. [to] William J. Battison, Boston / Moses Sargent. 1905.

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Concerns Sargent's father, also named Moses Sargent, who was born Dec. 16, 1803, in Amesbury, Mass. Letter outlines the father's career, with references to the first broadcloth factory in Amesbury; the flannel factory of A. & A. Lawrence; a yarn factory in Lakeport, N.H., producing yarn for Sargent's stockings; and his work at Gilmanton Mills.

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Battison, William J.

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Sargent, Moses, b. 1803.

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Gilmanton Mills.

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Sargent, Moses Hale, 1825-1897

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Sargent was an agent at Gilmanton Mills, Belmont, N.H. From the description of [Letter] 1905, Feb. 12, Belmont, N.H. [to] William J. Battison, Boston / Moses Sargent. 1905. (American Textile History Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 48669041 ...

A. & A. Lawrence & Co.

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A Boston selling agent (dry-goods commission merchant) for New England mills, A. & A. Lawrence was founded as a partnership in 1814 by the two Lawrence brothers, Amos (the elder) and Abbott. The firm first engaged in the sale of foreign goods but after 1816 dealt with selling domestic cotton and woolen goods on commission. In the 1830's it began to invest heavily in Lowell mills such as the Tremont & Suffolk, the Lawrence, and the Boott Mill, and helped to found the Massachusetts Cotton ...