[Business records]. 1831-1860.

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[Business records]. 1831-1860.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52085759

Includes deeds and related papers, 1831-1859; incoming correspondence to the agent, 1848-1858, many from Wright and Whitman and Kilburn, Lincoln & Son; and an inventory of buildings and land, 1860. Also contains bills and receipts, 1845-1856, for board, machinery, supplies and services, freight and transportation; bills of lading, 1852; invoices for cotton cloth, 1854; and stock inventories, 1855.

1 ft. (2 boxes)

American Textile History Museum Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7647638

American Textile History Museum Library

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Wright, John S. (John Samuel), 1946-

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Wright and Whitman.

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Otis Company.

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Brown, Joseph Epes

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Three Rivers Manufacturing Company.

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Palmer Manufacturing Company.

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The company, located in Palmer, Mass., was incorporated in 1831 by John S. Wright, Thomas Lord and Luther Parks for production of cotton and woolen cloth and machinery. It had bought the rights and property of an earlier failed company, the Three Rivers Manufacturing Co., which had been incorporated in 1826. Joseph Brown was brought in by the new owners to finish the canal and devise new manufacturing methods; Brown served as agent until 1859. The mill produced print cloth and sheeting and seems...

Lord, Thomas, 1771?-

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Parks, Luther.

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Kilburn, Lincoln & Son.

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