Dover Manufacturing Corporation

Title:

Dover Manufacturing Corporation

Creator:

Dover Manufacturing Company (Dover, N.H.)

Accession / Call Number:

M 1927-008

Object ID:

M 1927-008

Date:

1825-1828

Physical Description:

3 vols. Calf volumes 9" x 13", 1 1/2" spine.

Scope and Content:

Letterbooks giving accounts of iron and cotton manufacturing; labor problems, water privileges, building and repairs. (Dover Cotton Factory, Inc. 1812, name changed to Dover Manufacturing Co., 1823, purchased by Cocheco Manufacturing Co., 1827) Letters written by John Williams, Agent, and Matthew Bridge, Assistant Agent; those to William Shimmin in Boston, Treasurer of the Company, give a detailed account of operations of Iron factory, Upper Store, Rolling Mill & Nail Factory, Cotton Factories No. 1, 2, 3 & 4, labor problems, trouble with Newmarket factory, water privileges, legislation, building and repairs, orders and shipping.

Subjects:

Cotton manufacture New Hampshire. , Iron industry and trade History. , Cocheco Manufacturing Co. (Dover, N.H.) , Mills and mill-work.

Locations:

Dover (N.H.) History.

Level Description:

Item