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John Jacob Astor business records
Collection Identifier: Mss:766 1784-1892Overview:
Correspondence, account books and other records documenting the business activities of merchant, fur trader, and investor John Jacob Astor (1763-1848).
Slater family business records
Collection Identifier: Mss:442 1793-1926 S631Overview:
Samuel Slater (1768-1835) and his partners established the first cotton mill in the United States in 1791 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Later, Samuel Slater, his brother, and their children established a series of cotton and woolen mills in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut. The collection includes general accounting records, production records, and letters representing Slater family interests, mainly in textile manufacturing.
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- Creator
- Slater family 1
- Subject
- Astoria (Or.) 1
- Capitalists and financiers -- New York (State) 1
- China trade. 1
- Cotton manufacture—Massachusetts. 1
- Cotton manufacture—Rhode Island. 1
- Export marketing. 1
- Fur trade -- Oregon. 1
- Fur trade -- Wisconsin. 1
- Fur traders. 1
- General stores—Rhode Island. 1
- Industries—Massachusetts. 1
- Industries—Rhode Island. 1
- Industries—Rhode Island—Providence. 1
- Iron industry and trade—Rhode Island. 1
- Manufacturers. 1
- Manufactures—Massachusetts—Dudley. 1
- Manufactures—Massachusetts—Oxford. 1
- Manufactures—Massachusetts—South Oxford. 1
- Manufactures—Massachusetts—Webster. 1
- Manufactures—Massachusetts—Wilkinsonville. 1
- Manufactures—Rhode Island—North Providence. 1
- Manufactures—Rhode Island—Slatersville. 1
- Manufactures—Rhode Island—Smithfield (Town). 1
- Manufactures—Rhode Island—Warwick. 1
- Marketing. 1
- Merchants. 1
- New York (N.Y.) -- Commerce. 1
- New York (N.Y.)—Commerce. 1
- Northwest, Pacific. 1
- Payrolls. 1
- Real estate investment -- Wisconsin. 1
- Textile industry—New England. 1
- Textile workers. 1
- Wool industry—Massachusetts. 1
- Wool industry—Rhode Island. 1 ∧ less
- Names
- Astor, John Jacob 1
- Baird, Henry S. (Henry Samuel) (1800-1875) 1
- Doty, James Duane (1799-1865) 1
- Dudley Manufacturing Company 1
- Pacific Fur Company 1
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