Fall River (Mass.)

Abstract Collection of two agreements, the first between Meritt Root, a minor, Florenda Root, his mother, and Chauncey Root, apprenticing Meritt Root as a stone and brick mason and the other between Chauncey Root and Henry Lyon, agent for the Otis Co., cotton manufacturers in Ware, MA, for the construction of a stone factory, an undated document entitled: Measurement for the Stone Work done by C.L. Root, with a listing on verso of debits and credits, and an inventory and appraisal of Root's...

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...