Cotton technology -- General

Abstract Records include correspondence and memoranda, 1854-1889, concerning contracts, construction and purchases; also letters from English operatives re the conditions of their employment at Pacific Mills, 1862-1866; orders for English machinery by William C. Chapin, Agt., 1862; tax bills & receipts; construction memorandum, 1873. Also includes one spinning time book, 1879-1881; name in flyleaf, "Mr. John Barker, W Spinning, Pacific Mills, Lawrence." Also assignment of patent rights, 1876,...

Abstract Collection of materials related to the textile industry including Amoskeag Co. blank forms. Comparisons of wages between foreign and American printeries. Correspondence to H. Saltonstall, Treasurer, Pacific Mills, Boston. Letter from Jess Chandler of Methuen, Mass. to his niece. Document from an unidentified compiler in England describing loss of money from uncertainty of finding a purchaser for winding engines because of threats of throwsters to destroy engines. Letter from Bent, treasurer...