[Business records]. 1821-1837.

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[Business records]. 1821-1837.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52085760

Includes reports of votes of Board of Directors, 1823-1827; incoming correspondence, 1826-1829, much of it from company treasurers in Boston to agents in Ware, with details of purchasing, production, sales, and company policies. Also includes incoming correspondence from commission agents, carrying agents, suppliers, and customers for machinery, parts, cloth and waste; outgoing correspondence, 1826-1831, from agents; and labor-related correspondence, 1826-1828, including letters from job-seekers, letters of recommendation, and correspondence to agents about housing, tenements, etc. Also includes financial records, 1821-1826; purchasing records, 1825-1826; sales records, 1823-1826; and production records, 1825-1826.

3 ft. (10 boxes)

American Textile History Museum Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7647639

American Textile History Museum Library

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Phoenix Company.

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Ware Manufacturing Company.

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The company, located in Ware, Mass., was incorporated in 1823 and produced woolen and cotton cloth, textile machinery and parts. It eventually had two cotton mills, one woolen mill and two machine shops, as well as a company-owned hotel, farm, houses and land. It produced cotton cloth and woolens, mostly Negro cloth. In 1828 the company failed and was conveyed to the Phoenix Co.; in 1829 the Hampshire Co. became the owners. In 1830 it was enlarged but failed again in 1837. The Otis Co., formed i...

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Otis Company.

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Hampshire Company.

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