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Records, 1846-1861.

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Correspondence and diagrams, 1846-1861, exchanged between entrepreneurs developing textile mills around South Carolinia and P. Whitin and Sons, a Massachusetts machine shop that produced equipment used in the cotton trade and textile mills. Letters to this manufacturing concern in Massachusetts with include correspondence of William Gregg (73 manuscripts, 1846-1861), James G. Gibbes & Co. (49 manuscripts, 1848-1860), William Bates & Co. (11 manuscripts, 1853-1860), Vardry McBee & Sons (19 manuscripts, 1846-1850, 1858-1860), and Philip C. Lester (16 manuscripts, 1853-1861). Textile mills or individuals represented in the correspondence include: Charleston Manufacturing Co. (Charleston, S.C.); Jeptha Dyson (Fulton in Marlboro County, S.C.); and William Gregg, whose letters discuss Graniteville Manufacturing Co. (Graniteville, S.C.) and Vaucluse Factory (located near present-day Aiken, S.C.). Other mills represented include: John Bomar and Co. (Bivingsville in Spartanburg County, S.C.); Lester and Sons (Buena Vista in Greenville County, S.C.); Saluda Manufacturing Co. (Lexington County, S.C.); Columbia Mills (Columbia, S.C.); Vardry McBee and Sons (Greenville, S.C.); William Bates and Co. (Batesville in Greenville County, S.C.)

175 items (1 letter size document box + 1 legal size folder).

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7962541

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Vardry McBee and Sons (Greenville, S.C.)

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Bomar, John, 1796-1868

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Dyson, Jeptha

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Columbia Mills (Columbia, S.C.)

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Charleston Mfg. Co. (Charleston, S.C.)

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McBee, Vardry, 1775-1864

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Southern businessman. From the description of Letters, 1818-1857. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39390405 Planter and businessman of Greenville, S.C.; developer of textile industry during antebellum era, including Camperdown Mills on the Reedy River; born in Spartanburg County in 1775, McBee was called 'The Father of Greenville.' Vardry founded many business and civic organizations; he contributed land for various churches and academi...

William Bates and Co. (Greenville County, S.C.)

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Vaucluse Factory

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Lester and Sons (Greenville County, S.C.)

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Saluda Factory (Lexington County, S.C.)

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Lester, Philip C.

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P. Whitin and Sons

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Firm founded in 1809, when Paul Whitin (1767-1831), in partnership with James Fletcher and others, turned his scythe & hoe manufactory in Whitinsville, Mass. into a cotton mill. In 1826 he bought out the interest of his partners and went into business with his sons, Paul Whitin, Jr. (1800-1884) and John Crane Whitin (1807-1882) under the name of Paul Whitin & Sons. Attached to the mill was a machine shop where John C. Whitin began experiments in the construction of improved machines for ...

Graniteville Mfg. Co

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Gregg, William, 1800-1867

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Author, manufacturer, and public official of South Carolina. From the description of Papers of William Gregg, 1843-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454985 ...

John Bomar and Co. (Spartanburg County, S.C.)

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