Hollingworth Family Papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 6694

Scope and Contents

Letters are from Jabez Hollingworth, John Hollingworth, John P. Barnett, J. Wadsworth, Joseph Hollingworth, George Hollingworth, James Hollingworth, Tiffany, Sayles and Hitchcock, Boston, Mass., Bradley Clay, and Joseph Haigh. Correspondence is addressed to William Rawcliff, Tiffany, Sayles and Hitchcock, S.A. Hitchcock, and Hamilton Woolen Company. The letters provide a view of the immigrant labor force in America and record both personal and business activities. These letters were published in 1969 by Thomas W. Leavitt, former director of the Merrimack Valley Textile Museum.

Dates

1812-1837

Creator

Hollingworth family (creator, Family)

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Biographical / Historical

Jabez Hollingworth, a young English laborer, left Huddersfield in October, 1826, bound for New York. He was soon joined by his brothers and a sister, his father, an aunt and uncle, and several cousins and acquaintances. Often separated, the family kept in touch by letter. The family settled first in Leicester, Mass. and worked at Leicester Manufacturing Company, a maker of woolen cloth. By 1830 some were living in Southbridge, Mass. and working at Hamilton Woolen Company. About the same time others moved to Woodstock, Conn., where they took a three-year lease on the Muddy Brook-Pond Factory. They apparently did not buy the factory and later letters find the family dispersed to various places.

Extent

0.2 cubic feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Correspondence mostly received by William Rawcliff, largley written by the Joseph Hollingworth, along with his father George and brother Jabez, John, and James.