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Textile industry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Dover Manufacturing Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 6611
Scope and Contents Yarn bean volume gives number and weight of beam, number of yarn and thread, and names of workers. Collection also includes a printed pay forms from D.M.C. Upper Store for labor at Factory No. 1; receipts and printed checks; a letter, May 15, 1828, from John K. Pickering, Portsmouth, N.H., to William Shimmin, treasurer of the Dover Manufacturing Co., about financial problems relating to the failure of the company; and a letter, May 7, 1828, from William Fettyplace with a bill for work...
Dates: 1822-1898

Pocasset Worsted Company Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6838
Scope and Contents

This collection includes the papers that Frederick C. Fletcher removed when he sold the mill. They included extensive correspondence and purchasing records for both companies.

Also included is correspondence between William Halliwell agent for the Lawton Spinning Company and Caitlin & Company.

Dates: 1897-1907