Mohawk River Mills Records, 1850-1885
Collection Number: 6790

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Mohawk River Mills Records, 1850-1885
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6790
Creator:
Mohawk River Mills
Quanitities:
0.75 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
Biographical / Historical

The company, located in Cohoes, N.Y., was founded in 1854 to manufacture "woven goods of various kinds." It carried inventories of both cotton and wool machinery. The Cohoes Co., organized in 1826, was formed to build a dam and power canal system on the Mohawk River at Cohoes. Most textile mills in the area purchased water-power and rented land from the Cohoes Co.
Mohawk River Mills, Cohoes, NY. Business records, 1854-1885 (ca. 250 items). Includes certificate of incorporation, contract to construct a factory, minutes of meetings of stockholders & trustees, and correspondence of Truman G. Younglove, company president. Also accounts with Cohoes Iron Foundry and Machine Shop; water rent accounts for Mohawk and for Flax Cotton Mills building; bills and receipts, production and payroll records; inventories of stock on hand, including those for Watervliet Mills, Halcyon Mills and Atlantic Mills; and sales records and financial statements. Also a few records of Flax Cotton Mills and Harmony Mills.
Custodial History

American Textile History Museum Collection.
Custodial History

American Textile History Museum Collection.
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Preferred Citation

Mohawk River Mills Records #6790. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Bailey, Joshua.
Younglove, Truman G.
Atlantic Mills (Lawrence, Mass.)
Cohoes Company.
Cohoes Iron Foundry and Machine Shop.
Halcyon Mills.
Harmony Mills (Cohoes, N.Y.)
Mohawk River Mills.
Watervliet Mills.
Subjects:
Business records
Cotton manufacture
Financial records
Flax Cotton Mills.
Industries
Textile industry
Wages
Water-power
Woolen and worsted manufacture
Mohawk River (N.Y.)
CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
Certificate of Incorporation (copy)
 1854
Scope and Contents
1854-02-13
Box 1 Folder 2
Contract for Joshua Bailey (draft)
 1854
Box 1 Folder 3
Proposition to Mr. Bailey
Scope and Contents
For land and water power for mill with sketch and notes. 4 items. Undated
Box 1 Folder 4
Stock installment receipts
 1854-1855
Box 1 Folder 5
Share subscriptions
 1858
Box 1 Folder 6
Letter to J. Knower
 1858
Scope and Contents
Demanding payment for shares
Box 1 Folder 7
Stockholders and Trustees minutes
 1854
Box 1 Folder 8
Stockholders and Trustees minutes
 1855
Box 1 Folder 9
Stockholders and Trustees minutes
 1856
Box 1 Folder 10
Stockholders and Trustees minutes
 1857
Box 1 Folder 11
Stockholders and Trustees minutes
 1858
Box 1 Folder 12
Stockholders and Trustees minutes
 1859
Box 1 Folder 13
Stockholders and Trustees minutes
 1860
Box 2 Folder 1
Cohes Iron Foundry and Machine Shop
 1850-1860
Scope and Contents
Mill accounts
Box 2 Folder 2
Cohes Iron Foundry and Machine Shop
 1854-1861
Scope and Contents
Mill accounts
Box 2 Folder 3
Water rent accounts
Scope and Contents
Undated
Box 2 Folder 4
Receipts for water rent
 1859
Box 2 Folder 5
Account of labor from payroll
 1856
Scope and Contents
For carding and spinning rooms
Box 2 Folder 6
Cost of labor and stock
 1850-1859
Scope and Contents
Approximately 1850-1859
Box 2 Folder 7
Bills and receipts
 1857-1885
Box 2 Folder 8
Statement of production
 1856
Box 2 Folder 9
Estimates of expenses and income
 1860-1861
Scope and Contents
Many fragments. Approximately 1860-1861
Box 2 Folder 10
E. Atkinson's estimates for machinery for cotton yarns
 1860
Box 2 Folder 11
Inventories at the mill and in Boston
 1858
Box 2 Folder 12
Inventory of Watervoleit Mills, Halcyon Mills, and Atlantic Mills
 1866
Box 2 Folder 13
Sketches of sales, memos, and notes
 1857
Box 2 Folder 14
Account of John R. Bullock
 1857-1858
Box 2 Folder 15
J.G. Root and Co. Smith Gregory and Co., B.A. Sweet accounts
 1858-1859
Box 2 Folder 16
Stephen Slocum account
 1857-1861
Box 2 Folder 17
Hugh Thompson account
 1857
Box 2 Folder 18
Mohawk River Mill balances
 1854-1858
Box 2 Folder 19
Balance sheet of assets and notes
 1861
Scope and Contents
Fragments. 1861 and undated
Box 2 Folder 20
Ledger balance
 1853
Box 2 Folder 21
Letters of patent transfer
 1853
Box 2 Folder 22
Disposition of fire insurance
 1853
Scope and Contents
1853-11-07
Box 2 Folder 23
List of materials required for Flax Cotton Mill
 1853
Scope and Contents
After November 1853
Box 2 Folder 24
Lease for Mohawk River Mill to Charles P. Barbar
 1855
Scope and Contents
1855-06-01
Box 2 Folder 25
Lease of Mohawk River Mill to Henry Brockway
 1859
Scope and Contents
1859-05-01
Box 2 Folder 26
Lease for Harmony Mills with Patrick Rogers
 1850-1859
Scope and Contents
Patrick Rogers of West Troy, New York. Approximately 1850-1859
Box 3 Folder 1
Correspondence - T.G. Younglove
 1854
Box 3 Folder 2
Correspondence - T.G. Younglove
 1856
Box 3 Folder 3
Correspondence - T.G. Younglove
 1857
Box 3 Folder 4
Correspondence - T.G. Younglove
 1858
Box 3 Folder 5
Correspondence - T.G. Younglove
 1859
Box 3 Folder 6
Correspondence - T.G. Younglove
 1860
Box 3 Folder 7
Correspondence - T.G. Younglove
 1861
Box 3 Folder 8
Correspondence - T.G. Younglove
 1866-1868
Box 3 Folder 9
Correspondence - Samuel Payson
 1859