[Cotton manufacturing manuscripts : part two]. 1905-1924.

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[Cotton manufacturing manuscripts : part two]. 1905-1924.

Miscellaneous items from several companies. Contains printed items from E.J. Kitching & Co., Boston, giving stock listings, 1924, plus a document, 1924, offering shares in Hill Manufacturing Co., Lewiston, Me., a manufacturer of sheeting, shirting, twill, cotton dress goods, poplin and coutil (a strong, firmly woven cotton often used for corsets, brassieres, etc., and sometimes called brassiere cloth); a copy of a document, 1905, from the U.S. Supreme Court: Otis Co. vs. Ludlow Manufacturing Co. and Ludlow Cordage Co., concerning restraining the defendants from flooding the plaintiff's land by means of a dam erected across the Chicopee River; the Otis Co. was located in Ware, Mass.; Ludlow Manufacturing and Ludlow Cordage were in Ludlow, Mass. Also includes a letter, ca. 1919, from Marshall & Co., bankers in Boston, giving history and financial standing of Tremont & Suffolk Mills, Lowell, Mass.; and specifications, 1920, from Whitin Machine Works, Whitinsville, Mass., to build combing machinery for Lawrence Manufacturing Co., Lowell, Mass.

4 folders.

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Ludlow Cordage Company.

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Tremont & Suffolk Mills.

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Hill Manufacturing Company.

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Lawrence Manufacturing Company

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Cotton manufacturing firm of Lowell, Mass., established in 1831 by proprietors of the other Lowell mills in connection with the Boston merchants Abbott and Amos Lawrence. Produced hosiery, underwear, sheetings, drills, denims, and flannels. The business was liquidated in 1926. From the description of Records, 1831-1955 (inclusive), 1831-1926 (bulk). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 229894599 The company was a cotton manufacturer in Lowell, Mass., with offices i...

Marshall & Company.

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Ludlow Manufacturing Company.

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Otis Company.

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Whitin Machine Works (Whitinsville, Mass.)

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Contains documents prepared for Whitin by Booz, Allen & Hamilton, management consultants, including a survey of accounting operations and the data processing system, 1960; a recap of organization recommendations, 1960; a preliminary survey of Zurn Industries, Inc., as an acquisition candidate, 1962; and a review of the sales and profit outlook for J.D. Ferry Co. and American Type Founders, 1963; both companies were Whitin Machine Works acquisitions. Also contains a report, 1963, by Whitin on...

E.J. Kitching & Company.

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