[Business records]. 1826-1951.

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[Business records]. 1826-1951.

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Materials include financial records, 1867-1920, of William Mason and his estate, as well as cost books possibly of William Bent, treasurer of the company until 1914. Also includes act of incorporation and minutes of meetings of directors, 1920-1923; auditors' reports, 1923-1939; stock certificates and other documents, 1875-1932; typed lists of patents and inventions, ca. 1928; correspondence, 1914-1946; inventories of buildings and areas, cash books, check registers, etc., 1920-1940; private ledger and journal of William Mason, 1871-1914; list of suppliers and acknowledgment of orders, 1921-1925; sales notebooks, price lists, and machinery orders, 1897-1947; payroll records, 1910-1920 and time cards, 1948-1951; and production records, 1867-1947. Also includes records of the Liberty Square Warehouse Company, one of Mason's holdings. Early records indicate that this company was one of the financial interests of Amos and Abbott Lawrence and the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company; it leased storage and sales space to a variety of companies. Materials include records of stock transfers, 1826-1878, 1883-1911; dividends received, 1846-1878; bank books, 1847-1878; leases, 1826-1832; and a construction account book, 1877-1882. Collection also includes stock certificate book, 1893-1897, from Excelsior Spinner Association, Pawtucket, R.I.; and stock certificates, 1914-1918, from Jager Engine Company.

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American Textile History Museum Library

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American Textile History Museum Library

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Bent, William, 1747-1823

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Jager Engine Company.

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Lawrence, Abbott, 1792-1855

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Biographical note: Boston merchant; Abbott Lawrence was in partnership with his brother Amos, founded and developed the textile-manufacturing city of Lawrence, Massachusetts, represented his district in Congress (1834-1836, 1838-1840), and was U.S. minister to Great Britain (1849-1852). Richard Henry Wilde (1878-1847) was an American lawyer, scholar and poet. He was Attorney General of Georgia (1811) and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1815-1817, 1825, 1827-1835). From...

William Mason and Company.

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Saco-Lowell Shops

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Textile machinery manufacturing company, Saco and Biddeford, Me. Formed in 1912 from the consolidation of Saco-Pettee Company and the Lowell Machine Shops. Saco-Pettee's history extends back on one side to 1825 when the Pettee Machine Works, Newton, Mass., were established and to 1839 on the other side when the Saco Water Power Company was founded. In 1897 these firms formed the Saco and Pettee Machine Shops. In 1930 the firm consolidated all its operations in Maine. In 1948 it acquired a plant ...

Lawrence, Amos, 1786-1852

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Liberty Square Warehouse Company.

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Mason, William Henry (British artist, active 1860-1888)

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Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company

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Investment trust firm, Boston, Mass. Chartered in 1818. Began operation in 1823. Its original intent was to sell life insurance, and one-third of its net profits were to be shared with Massachusetts General Hospital. It very quickly moved from insurance to the investment trust business. Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838) was the principal figure in the early years of the company. Name changed to Massachusetts Company in 1967. From the description of Records, 1823-1967 (inclusive) [microf...

J.K. Mills and Company.

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Excelsior Spinner Association.

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Textile Parts Incorporated.

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Mason Machine Works.

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Located in Taunton, Mass., the company began in 1843 as William Mason and Company with financial backing from J.K. Mills and Company, Boston commission agents. The factory built cotton and wool machinery, especially the self-acting mule for which Mason held patents. It also built machine tools, blowers, cupola furnaces, gearings and shafting. In the 1850's, the company began producing Mason's own model of locomotive which included a new spoked wheel. In 1873 the company was incorporated and its ...