Brownell Twine Mill Records

The Brownell Twine Mill Records consists of six volumes, including ledgers, time books, and bale books. The first ledger is an account ledger (1844-1856) with a section dedicated to payroll in the back (1883-1885). It lists companies and people with dates and supplies, as well as associated cash amounts. Originally contained within the account ledger, but removed and placed in separate folders are payroll statements (1885-1888) and miscellaneous papers (1852). The next volume is a daybook (1859-1866), which lists accounts on a daily basis, and a looseleaf invoice (1905). Another account ledger follows (1872-1882), which lists companies, individuals and others with corresponding debits from company accounts. Originally contained within this account ledger, but removed and placed into a separate folder, are miscellaneous papers (1881-1883). The first bale book (1899-1913) notes sales transactions with companies, including references to pounds, feet and inches, and bales of product. The second bale book (1920-1924) also includes some scattered time book recordings from1908 to 1912. Originally contained within this bale book, but removed and placed in a separate folder, are miscellaneous papers (1922-1924). The last item in the collection is a time book (1866-1875), which lists employees, followed by hours/day, days in the month worked, and amounts paid to employees. Also contained within this time book is a loose leaf letter (1880). The first fifteen pages of this particular time book have been made into a scrapbook for newspaper articles.