Papers, 1788-1962.

Simpson, William, 1812-1888.

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Bancroft, John, 1750-1833

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Bounds, Harvey C., 1894?-1969.

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The Eddystone Manufacturing Company was founded in 1877 in Eddystone, Pa., by William Simpson for the manufacture of cotton prints. It became the Print Works Division of the Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company in 1929. From the description of A history of the Eddystone Manufacturing Company, 1953. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122458344 The Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company and its unincorporated predecessors operated a cotton textile mill at Rockford, n...

Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company.

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William Simpson & Sons.

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Bancroft, John, 1774-1852

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Du Pont, Eleuthère Irénée, 1771-1834

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Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, the son of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, was born in Paris on June 24, 1771. In 1787, he was accepted as a student in the Regis des Poudres, a government agency for the manufacture of gunpowder which was directed by Antoine Lavoisier. In 1800 Eleuthère Irénée du Pont emigrated to the United States and began investigating sites for a black powder manufactory. After consulting with Thomas Jefferson he established E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. on the bank of ...

Bright, John, 1811-1889

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British statesman, from Rochdale, Lancashire, England. From the description of Papers, 1840-1888. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19276561 John Bright (1811-1889), British reformer, Liberal statesman, free-trade advocate, and one of the most eloquent public speakers of his time, was born near Rochdale, England. A Quaker textile manufacturer, Bright was elected to Parliament in 1843 and formed the Anti-Corn Law League with Richard Cobden to repeal the Corn Laws...

Bancroft, Samuel, 1840-1915

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Simpson, William, fl. 1891

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Bancroft, Joseph, 1803-1874

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Cotton cloth manufacturer of Wilmington, Del. From the description of Inbound letters, 1832-1851 [microform]. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122405925 Joseph Bancroft was a cloth manufacturer and Hicksite Quaker from Wilmington, Delaware, who worked for the reunification of the Society of Friends in the 1860's and 1870's. He wrote a number of religious tracts and published a book, A Persuasive To Unity, which he published in 1874. At his death, Bancroft e...

Ackworth School (Yorkshire, England)

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Torbert, John L. (John Lee), 1955-

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Mellor, Martha, b. 1813.

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Bancroft, David, 1806-1881.

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Young, William, 1755-1829

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William Young was a Philadelphia bookseller and publisher who later established a paper mill at Rockland, New Castle County, Delaware. From the description of Family papers, 1745-1850 (inclusive), 1745, 1800-1850 (bulk). (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122441227 ...

Bancroft, Edward, 1811-1855

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Bright, Thomas, b. ca. 1814.

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John Bancroft & Son.

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Bancroft, John, 1856-1933

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Eddystone Manufacturing Company.

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Bancroft family.

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The Bancroft family were merchants and manufacturers in England and America. John Bancroft (1750-1833) was a chair manufacturer and timber merchant in Lancashire. His son, John, was born in Manchester in 1774 and was apprenticed in his father's business. In 1822 the family emigrated to America. John, Jr., established a woolen mill near Brandywine Bridge in Wilmington, Del., with his sons, John (1802-1882) and Samuel (1804-1891). The third son, Joseph (1803-1874), remaine...

Bancroft, John, 1802-1882

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John Bancroft was born in Lancashire, England, in 1802 and emigrated with his family to the Delaware Valley in 1822. With his father and brother, Samuel, he established a woolen mill near Brandywine Bridge in Wilmington, Del. They relocated to Upper Providence Township, Pa., in 1827 and to Todmorden Mills in Nether Providence Township in 1831. From the description of ALS : Brandywine, Del., to Robert Hurnard, Kelvedon, England, 1824 Sept. 19. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat r...

Brandywine Granite Company.

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Bancroft, William P. (William Poole), 1835-1928

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Simpson, William P. (William Percy), 1870-1938.

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