[Business records]. 1817-1869.

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[Business records]. 1817-1869.

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Includes a title chain, ca. 1836, for the Andover Mill; an annual file, 1821-1869, with deeds for land purchased privately and as agent for the Essex Co.; personal correspondence; business correspondence concerning Concord Woolen Mill, Concord, N.H.; bills and receipts; and an inventory and description of a woolen mill in Fitchburg, Mass., 1835. Also contains daybook, 1833-1834, and ledger, 1840-1842, with entries for wool, carding, dressing cloth, dyestuffs, farming and foodstuffs; ledger, 1843-1845, with detailed entries in account with the Merrimack Water Power Association and Essex Co., mostly for land purchases; and a daybook, 1851-1858, with entries for rents, cord wood, and farm labor; cash books, 1843-1846; bank checks, 1844-1848; lumber accounts, 1845-1848; and a lumber survey, 1850. Also contains orders from Lawrence selectmen to D. Saunders, treasurer, 1847-1849, for goods or services purchased by the town; correspondence of John Folsum, Chester, N.H.; and an undated photograph of Daniel Saunders.

2 ft. (3 boxes + 2 v.)

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Abbot, Abiel, 1770-1828

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Minister of Congregational churches in Haverhill (1795-1803) and Beverly (1803-1828) Massachusetts, born in Andover (Mass.). A graduate of Harvard, Abiel Abbot married Eunice Wales of Dorchester (Mass.) in 1795. In the fall of 1818 Abbot, who suffered from a lung disorder, set out for South Carolina to improve his health. After spending eight weeks in Charleston, Abbot spent two months as a guest of James Legare at his St. John's, Colleton Parish, South Carolina estate. In March Abbot went to Sa...

Essex Company (Lawrence, Mass.)

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The company, located in Lawrence, Mass., was incorporated in 1845 to construct a dam across the Merrimack River with power canals to create water power for use in manufacturing. The original incorporators were Samuel Lawrence, John Nesmith, Daniel Saunders, and Edward Bartlett. The company purchased the rights to nearly 4,000 acres of land in Methuen and Andover, Mass. Construction of the dam and other industrial structures began in 1845 in what would become the city of Lawrence, Mass. Beginning...

Merrimack Water Power Association.

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Concord Woolen Mill.

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Abbott, Paschal, 1788-1859

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Saunders, Daniel George

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Saunders, Daniel, 1796-1872

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Daniel Saunders came to Andover, Mass., in 1817, and worked in the mill of Abiel and Pascal Abbott, ultimately leasing it from them. He returned to Salem, N.H., to start a woolen mill but was again in Andover by 1825. He became interested in the water power potential of the Merrimack River between Lowell and Haverhill and by 1840 had begun to acquire land. Realizing the need for greater financial resources, he approached Samuel Lawrence and other Lowell capitalists, and in 1843 formed the Merrim...

Folsum, John.

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