Commonwealth Shoe & Leather Company

Scope and Contents: Cash book (1884-1888) and miscellaneous cost data (1900-1903) of a shoe manufacturing firm in Whitman, Massachusetts. There are papers of Charles H. Jones, President, relating to the United Shoe Machinery Corp. royalty case (1908-1913), to New England railroad mergers (1905-1908 and 1929-1931), and to the tariff on hides and shoes (1905-1909, 1921-1922, and 1930-1931). There are also a merchandise record (1884-1885) of C. H. Jones Company, Boston and South Abington, Mass.; and papers of the...