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French River Textile Company records
Formal title:
French River Textile Company records
Extent:
15 linear feet
Date range:
1897-1928
Abstract:
The French River Textile Company was incorporated first in Rhode Island in 1897 by Frank A. Sayles, Alfred M. Coats, John Simson, and James B. Kirkaldy. Although the mill itself was located in Mechanicville, the business seat was in the Slater Trust Company in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The records reflect manufacturing costs, sales, and finances of a Rhode Island and Connecticut firm manufacturing worsted cloth, silk cloth, cotton cloth, remnants and waste. The mill also sold water-generated electric power to the Putnam Light & Power Company, serving communities in northeast Connecticut.
Repository:
Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:
MSS 6 SG 12
Gibbs (George) receipt
Formal title:
George Gibbs receipt
Extent:
0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:
1811
Abstract:
This collection includes a receipt from George Gibbs (1766-1833) of Newport, Rhode, Island, for money received from Captain Daniel Brown.
Repository:
Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:
RLC.Ms.516
Gilman Land Company records
Formal title:
Gilman Land Company records
Extent:
4.2 linear feet
Date range:
1905-1942
Abstract:
The records of Gilman Land Company, 1905-1942, document the official incorporation, financial transactions, and activities of the company throughout its history as presented at corporate meetings, official accounting records and correspondence between officers and their agents. The material is arranged by format and includes correspondence, meeting records, architectural maps and drawings, legal documents and financial records.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
Ms. 2007.032
Glenlyon Dye Works
Formal title:
Glenlyon Dye Works
Extent:
25.5 linear feet
Date range:
1883-1950 (bulk 1883-1938)
Abstract:
The Glenlyon Dye Works began as a minor department relegated to operating wherever space could be found or made within the confines of Sayles Bleacheries Plant A at Saylesville. This department began as early as 1876, for the purposes of bleaching and dyeing wool yarn and piece goods. It was not formalized until 1882 when it turned entirely to processing goods for the new Lorraine Manufacturing Company, and the volume of work increased considerably. Later, as Glenlyon Print Works, the plant specialized in printing and finishing fine cotton and silk blend fabrics.
Repository:
Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:
MSS 6 sg 13
Granite Industry collection
Formal title:
Granite Industry collection
Extent:
26 linear feet
Date range:
1870-1955
Abstract:
The Granite Industry collection is comprised of business records of the George Ledward & Company and the New England Granite Works, two Westerly, R.I. granite companies. In addition the collection contains records from the Quarry Workers’ International Union.
Repository:
Westerly Public Library
Collection call no:
Ms. GR01
Hammett (Charles E.) papers
Formal title:
Charles E. Hammett Jr. papers
Extent:
3 folders, approximately 24 documents and one volume
Date range:
1831-1907, undated
Abstract:
These papers are the personal and business papers related to Charles E. Hammett Jr.
Repository:
Newport Historical Society
Collection call no:
Ms.2013.32
Harrison (Peter) shipping agreement
Formal title:
Peter Harrison shipping agreement
Extent:
0.02 linear feet (1 oversize folder)
Date range:
1740
Abstract:
Peter Harrison (1716-1775), was a ship master before beginning his career as a prominent architect in the American colonies. This collection consists of a printed agreement between Harrison and John Freebody to ship gold.
Repository:
Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:
RLC.Ms.553
Holmes (Samuel) letter
Formal title:
Samuel Holmes letter
Extent:
0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:
1753
Abstract:
This collection consists of one letter from Samuel Holmes of Newport, Rhode Island, to Thomas Fareweather, a merchant in Boston, Massachusetts.
Repository:
Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:
RLC.Ms.520
Hudson River Day Line Collection
Formal title:
Hudson River Day Line Collection
Extent:
25 linear feet
Date range:
1812-1960 (bulk 1860-1930)
Abstract:
The Hudson River Day Line was a steamboat service operating under various names on the Hudson River beginning in the mid-1800s. The collection contains over 100 years of company records, financial documents, ephemera and correspondence between owners and key stakeholders. In addition, the collection contains steamship logs that document the routes taken by the Hudson River Day Line steamships along the Hudson River.
Repository:
Steamship Historical Society of America
Collection call no:
1963.01
Irish family papers
Formal title:
Irish family papers
Extent:
1.04 linear feet
Date range:
1755-1991 (bulk 1755-1815)
Abstract:
This collection consists of financial accounts, legal documents and correspondence relating primarily to George Irish (1729-1801) and his immediate family. Records from the Bailey, MacKaye, Goodwin, and Atwood families, all descendants of George Irish, are also included.
Repository:
Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:
RLC.Ms.016

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