Cotton manufacture—Massachusetts.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Hamilton Manufacturing Company records
Collection Identifier: Mss:442 1825-1917Scope and Contents:
Correspondence, minute books, general account books, production records, sales records, and payrolls. Letters include those of treasurers Thomas G. Gary, William B. Bacon, Arthur T. Lyman, Arthur L. Devens, George Motley, Eben Bacon, Samuel Batchelder, James A. Dupee, and Charles B. Amory; agents Samuel Batchelder, John Avery, and O. H. Moulton; and selling agents Frothingham and Company and Joy, Langdon and Company. Between 1827 and 1876, women constituted the greatest majority...
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.