William Bent of mason Machine Works to George Chase, Bourne Mills, 1882 -- A&B American Machine Co. to Lawrence Anderson, Laurel Lake Mills, 1927 (2 letters), 1882-1927

Bent, treasurer of Mason Machine Works, Taunton, Mass., writes to Chace at Bourne Mills in Fall River, Mass., about measurements of belts for cards and railway heads. Collection also includes a letter, dated Nov. 19, 1927, from H & B (Howard and Bullough) American Machine Company, Pawtucket, R.I., to Lawrence Anderson, Superintendent, Laurel Lake Mills, Fall River. H & B Co. was a builder of cotton machinery. Letter concerns a blueprint showing proposed arrangement of hopper bale opener, condensor, lattice and fan.