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Peace Dale Manufacturing Company records
Collection Identifier: Mss:446 1742-1919Overview:
The records of the Peace Dale Manufacturing Company, a large textile empire located in Peace Dale, Rhode Island owned and operated by five generations of the Hazard family.
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
- Peace Dale Manufacturing Company 1
- Slater family 1
- Subject
- Cotton manufacture--Rhode Island. 1
- Cotton manufacture—Massachusetts. 1
- Cotton manufacture—Rhode Island. 1
- Flour mills--New Jersey. 1
- General Stores--Rhode Island. 1
- General stores—Rhode Island. 1
- Industries--Rhode Island. 1
- Industries—Massachusetts. 1
- Industries—Rhode Island. 1
- Industries—Rhode Island—Providence. 1
- Iron industry and trade—Rhode Island. 1
- Manufacturers--Rhode Island--South Kingston (Town). 1
- Manufacturers. 1
- Manufactures. 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
- New York (N.Y.)—Commerce. 1
- Payrolls. 1
- Postal service--South Carolina. 1
- Railroads--Finance--United States. 1
- Railroads--Rhode Island. 1
- Slaves--Social conditions--United States. 1
- Textile industry. 1
- Textile industry—New England. 1
- Textile workers. 1
- Transportation--Rhode Island. 1
- Wool industry--Rhode Island. 1
- Wool industry—Massachusetts. 1
- Wool industry—Rhode Island. 1 ∧ less
- Names
- Dudley Manufacturing Company 1
- Hazard, Rowland 1
- Hazard, Rowland Gibson 1
- Narragansett Pier Railroad Company 1
- Peace Dale Manufacturing Company 1
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