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Dike family business records
Collection Identifier: Mss:1 1804-1881 D536Overview:
Ledgers, daybooks, and bills of a Thompson, Connecticut, farming 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
- Dike family 1
- Slater family 1
- Subject
- Agriculture. 1
- Cotton manufacture—Massachusetts. 1
- Cotton manufacture—Rhode Island. 1
- Farmers. 1
- Farms -- Connecticut. 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
- Letters. 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
- New York (N.Y.)—Commerce. 1
- Payrolls. 1
- Textile industry—New England. 1
- Textile workers. 1
- Thompson (Conn.) 1
- Wool industry—Massachusetts. 1
- Wool industry—Rhode Island. 1 ∧ less
- Names
- Dudley Manufacturing Company 1
- S. & J. Slater 1
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