Andrew Granville Pierce papers, 1853-1884.

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Andrew Granville Pierce papers, 1853-1884.

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Primarily correspondence for various business activities in which Andrew G. Pierce was engaged, especially while in the employment of Edward L. Baker, an oil and candle manufacturer, of New Bedford, Mass., and in 1855, when Pierce succeeded Baker as treasurer of Wamsutta Mills; together with a letter (1853) from his brother, Benjamin Franklin Pierce, logkeeper of the whaler bark Alice Frazier, relating to his experience in the Arctic; accounts (1853-1857) between Edward L. Baker and Andrew G. Pierce; and a bill of lading (1854) for goods shipped to California.

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Pierce, Andrew Granville, 1829-1903

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Merchant, of New Bedford, Mass.; founder (1892) of Pierce Manufacturing Corporation, cotton manufacturers, New Bedford, Mass. From the description of Andrew Granville Pierce papers, 1853-1884. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 74985997 ...

Pierce, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin)

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Baker, Edward L. (Edward Livingston), 1814-1878

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Alice Frazier (Bark)

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Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Daniel H. Taber, on voyage from 10 Sept. 1851-5 Sept. 1855 to the South Pacific Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Saint Lawrence Island, Bering Sea, Okhotsk Sea, and Coast of Japan whaling grounds; owner-agent: Lemuel Kollock; built at Richmond, Me., 1848. From the description of Logbook, 1851 Sept, 10-1855 Sept. 5. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70976153 Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mas...

Wamsutta Mills

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Incorporated in 1846; first mill opened in 1849 under the supervision of Thomas Bennett, Jr.; it was a cotton manufacturer primarioly producing cotton shirting and sheeting which operated in New Bedford, Mass., for over 100 hundred years. From the description of Wamsutta Mills minutes, 1874-1901. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 159940561 ...