Merrow Machine Company Records, 1841-1972.

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Merrow Machine Company Records, 1841-1972.

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The collection consists primarily of financial and labor records from 1910-1972. It includes minutes of Board of Directors and Stockholders meetings, patents filed by Joseph M. Merrow, financial journals, 1942-1954, inventories and insurance appraisals listing equipment and supplies, catalogs of products sold, samples of stitches, information about the forced relocation of the plant from Hartford to Newington in the 1970s, and records of union negotiations and employee complaints from 1953-1955 and 1968-1971. An earlier form of the company is represented by an account book and inventories of of the "factory business" of J.B. Merrow & Son, 1841-1847. Papers of a more personal include Mansfield town records maintained by Joseph M. Merrow who served as town selectman, records of the settlement of Nathan Merrow's estate, 1845-1865, and correspondence of Harriet Millard Merrow, Joseph B. Merrow, Joseph M. Merrow and Salmon Millard. Joseph M. Merrow evidently had an interest in Connecticut industry, and his research notebooks also form part of the collection.

9 linear feet (8 boxes and v.)

Connecticut Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7763422

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Merrow, Joseph Millard, 1848-1948.

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Merrow, Joseph Battel, 1819-1897.

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Merrow Machine Company (Hartford, Conn.)

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Founded in Mansfield, Connecticut in 1857, by Joseph Battell Merrow (1819-1897), the Merrow Machine Company started as a stockinet manufacturer. In 1894 the company was incorporated in Hartford and produced sewing machines, specializing in industrial over-edging, overseaming and shell stitching machines. Joseph Millard Merrow (1848-1947) was president from 1894-1947. His brother, George Merrow was treasurer until 1943 when nephew John Merrow Washburn became treasurer and general manager. The com...

Merrow family.

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