John Bell Correspondence, 1828
- Title:
- John Bell Correspondence, 1828
- Creator:
- Bell, John, 1765-1836
- Creator Role:
- Author
- Accession / Call Number:
- 1990.076 (m)
- Object ID:
- 1990.076 (m)
- Date:
- 1828
- Physical Description:
- 2 letters
- Level of Description:
- Collection
- Scope and Content:
- The John Bell Correspondence contains two letters written to Caleb Stark in 1828. Both letters concern factories, particularly Stark's cotton mills in Suncook (Pembroke). In one letter, Bell, who was Governor of the New Hampshire, writes that he does not wish to employ people from other factories at a new factory. He would prefer that all factories cooperate. In a second letter, Bell writes to Stark that reducing wages would be the best way to make the factories profitable. He mentions that factories at Pembroke, Amoskeag, and Hooksett.
- Subjects:
- Manufacturing industries , Textile industry , Cotton , Textile workers , Wages -- Textile workers , Cotton -- Prices
- Locations:
- Chester, NH
Pembroke, NH
Suncook, NH
Amoskeag Falls, Manchester, NH - People:
- Stark, Caleb , Bell, John, 1765-1836
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Veronique Clyde.
- Location Code:
- TL/1W
- Restrictions:
- Available for research.
- Preferred Citation:
- John Bell Correspondence, 1990.076 (m). New Hampshrie Historical Society, Concord, NH. Date accessed.
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