Records of the Middlebury Manufacturing Company, 1837-1862 (bulk 1846-1853).

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Records of the Middlebury Manufacturing Company, 1837-1862 (bulk 1846-1853).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/733294584

Collection consists of correspondence, leases, orders, invoices, time books, and other papers relating to woolen mills in Middlebury, Vt., including documentation on the workers, days worked, yarns woven, and wages paid. Includes information concerning the Middlebury Manufacturing Company and the partnerships that leased the company's building, Davenport & Turner, J. Davenport & Co., Davenport & Nash, Nash & Wheeler, and Davenport & Clay.

1.2 linear ft. (1 v., 3 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8109219

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J. Davenport & Co.

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Turner, Oliver P., -1847

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Davenport and Nash (Middlebury, Vt.)

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Davenport and Clay (Middlebury, Vt.)

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Davenport, Jason

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Nash and Wheeler (Middlebury, Vt.)

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Nash, Charles D. (Charles Dennis), 1819-

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Clay, Valentine V.

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Davenport and Turner (Middlebury, Vt.)

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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...