Preston family papers, 1799-1844.

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Preston family papers, 1799-1844.

Receipts, promissory notes, tax receipts, Middlebury Savings Bank bank book (1837), certificates for shares in Middlebury Manufacturing Company, appointments as guardian of David Goodrich (1822) and Azra I. Munger (1831), and other papers of Asa Preston; plus receipts and other papers of family members, including deposition and court papers relating to a law suit (1844) involving Jonathan S. Preston.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8036381

Sheldon Museum Research Center

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Preston family.

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Goodrich, David, active 1822

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Munger, Azra I.

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Preston, Asa, 1774-1861

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Farmer; lived on Munger St. in Middlebury, Vt. From the description of Preston family papers, 1799-1844. (Sheldon Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 707516826 ...

Middlebury Manufacturing Company

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The Middlebury Manufacturing Company was chartered by the Vermont Legislature in 1835 "for manufacturing cotton and woolen goods". The company purchased a building on the west side of Otter Creek and operated until 1837, when unfavorable market conditions idled it. In 1840 Jason Davenport and Oliver P. Turner leased the building and equipment and resumed manufacturing woolen goods. Turner died in 1847 and the business continued as J. Davenport & Co. until Charles D. Nash become Davenport's p...

Preston, Jonathan S.

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Merchant, of Middlebury, Vt. From the description of Jonathan S. Preston deposition, ca. 1848. (Sheldon Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 707536317 ...

Middlebury Savings Bank

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