A. & A. Lawrence Records
Collection Number: 6490
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
A. & A. Lawrence Records,
1835
Collection Number:
6490
Creator:
A. & A. Lawrence
Quantity:
0 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records (documents) .
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Two ledgers, 1862-1868, containing accounts with dry-goods
merchants and jobbers.
Language:
Collection material in English
A Boston selling agent (dry-goods commission merchant) for New England mills, A.
& A. Lawrence was founded as a partnership in 1814 by the two Lawrence
brothers, Amos (the elder) and Abbott. The firm first engaged in the sale of foreign
goods but after 1816 dealt with selling domestic cotton and woolen goods on
commission. In the 1830's it began to invest heavily in Lowell mills such as the
Tremont & Suffolk, the Lawrence, and the Boott Mill, and helped to found the
Massachusetts Cotton Mills. In due course, the Lawrences held stock in most of the
major mills of New England and were the exclusive selling agents for those in which
they held large interests. They also acted as purchasing agents for raw cotton. Not
to be confused with Lawrence & Co., also selling agents of Boston and
founded by Amos Adams Lawrence, a son of Amos Lawrence.
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of John Lawrence.
Names:
Aiken, John
Lawrence, Abbott, 1792-1855
Lawrence, Amos Adams, 1814-1886
A. & A. Lawrence & Co.
American Textile History Museum
Carded Woolen Manufacturers' Association.
Tremont Mills.
Subjects:
Business records
Commission merchants
Dry-goods
Manufacturers' agents
Tariff on wool
Selling agents.
Form and Genre Terms:
Records (documents)
Access Restrictions:
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reference archivist for access to these materials.
Restrictions on Use:
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet
and Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
A. & A. Lawrence Records #6490. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1921 | |
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housed in 7025m, box 9
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1835 | |
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housed in 7025m, box 9
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