Washburn family papers, 1843-1891.

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Washburn family papers, 1843-1891.

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Papers of Ichabod Washburn and his family, including both personal documents such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets collected, as well as business documents such as stockholder information, receipts, tax forms, correspondence, etc.

2 manuscript boxes.

Worcester Historical Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 8135432

Worcester Historical Museum

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Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Company

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Washburn & Moen made barbed wire. From the description of Remittance form, May 1894. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 165199849 ...

Mission Chapel Industrial School (Worcester, Mass.)

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Washington, Ichabod, 1798-1868

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Washburn family.

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Ichabod Washburn was born in Kingston, Mass., on 11 Aug. 1798. He was a blacksmith's apprentice in Leicester as a youth, and went on to establish the Washburn and Moen Manufacturing company, manufacturers of wire. Washburn was also heavily involved in charity work in Worcester, including assisting in the creation of the Mission Chapel Industrial School. This school was created to assist in the development of children of struggling families in Worcester. Washburn and John Boynton's monetary contr...