Appleton Company Records

Collection Number: 6516

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

Appleton Company Records, 1815-1925

Collection Number:

6516

Creator:

Appleton Company

Quantity:

2.7 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Account books, correspondence, daybooks, records (documents), minutes.

Repository:

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library

Abstract:

Records, correspondence and daybooks of the Appleton mills in Lowell, MA.

Language:

Collection material in English

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

Incorporated in 1828 by members of the Proprietors of Locks and Canals, among whom William and Nathan Appleton, John Lowell, Jr., William Sturgis and Thomas Perkins served as officers, the Appleton Company occupied two mills on the Hamilton Canal in Lowell. In 1832, the mill employed 480 operatives and had 400 looms and 11,776 spindles producing 520,000 yards of sheeting, shirtings and drillings annually. By 1874 there were 764 looms and 27,568 spindles. Operations ceased at the Lowell site in the early 1920s. J. P. Stevens Company purchased the surviving South Carolina division in 1925.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Contains one production volume of an inventory of stock and finished goods, two daybooks, and a one volume copybook addition to Superintendent George Motley's correspondence, minutes of meetings of stockholders, and petitions submitted. Also contains deeds; patent assignments; insurance agreements; mill construction records; property, machinery, and power plant files; information files concerning New England mills; papers concerning the Proprietors of Locks & Canals; incoming correspondence to treasurer; incoming correspondence to Nathan Appleton. Also lists of goods purchased, contracts, employee information files, wages and payrolls, overseers' records, statements of cloth manufactured, spinning records, and weaving records.

PROCESSING INFORMATION:

Collection consists of two ATHM acquisitions, MSS 206 and MSS 314, which had been merged by the Museum. The Museum's intellectual order has been maintained, however the materials have been re-boxed for more efficient access and storage. Three folders which contained photocopies of documents contained in other folders in the collections were de-accessioned and the photocopies added to the folders with the originals.

SUBJECTS

Names:

Appleton, Nathan, 1779-1861

Appleton, William, 1747-1785

Lowell, John, Jr.

Motley, George.

Perkins, Thomas.

Sturgis, William, 1782-1863

Appleton Company.

J.P. Stevens & Co.

Proprietors of the Locks and Canals on Merrimack River.

Suffolk Manufacturing Company (Lowell, Mass.)

Subjects:

Boardinghouses

Business records

Cotton manufacture

Cotton technology, General

Drills (cloth)

Hours of labor

Industries

Labor records

Manufacturers' agents

Mill agents

Mill superintendents

Minutes.

Overseers

Payrolls

Personnel records

Petitions

Sheeting (Textile fabric)

Shirting (Textile fabric)

Strikes and lockouts

Ten hour movement

Textile industry

Textile workers

Wages

Form and Genre Terms:

Account books

Correspondence

Daybooks

Records (documents)

Minutes

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Access Restrictions:

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a 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:

Appleton Company Records #6516. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.

SERIES LIST

Series I. ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION

Sub-Series A. BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS RECORDS
Sub-Series B. LEGAL AND PROPERTY

Series II. EXECUTIVE

Series III. FINANCIAL

Series IV. PURCHASING

Series V. SALES

Series VI. LABOR

Series VII. PRODUCTION

CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
		Series I. ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
		Sub-Series A. BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS RECORDS
Box 1	Folder 1	Minutes of Stockholders Meetings	1827-1925
		Early proprietors records and act of incorporation; list of company officers from 1828-1888
Box 1	Folder 2	Revision of Bylaws	1841
Box 1	Folder 3	Committee Report on Waterpower	1842
		By Mr. Cary. October 1842.
Box 2	Folder 13	Statement of Valuation Committee on Cost and Value of Appleton Company	1832
		December 31, 1832.
Box 1	Folder 4	Report of the Committee on Waterpower	1843
		December 12, 1843.
Box 1	Folder 5	Report on New Mill Costs and Value	1846
		June 16, 1846.
Box 1	Folder 6	Report of the Committee on Valuation of Property	1857
		April 1, 1857.
Box 1	Folder 7	Report of the Appleton Company to Patent Office	1857
		September 20, 1857.
Box 1	Folder 8	Report of the Committee on Transfer of Accounts	1861
		April 1, 1861.
Box 1	Folder 9	Committee Report on System of Treasurer as Selling Agent	1867
		June 25, 1867.
Box 1	Folder 10	Petition by Suffolk Weavers Against Wage Reduction	1834
		February 1834. Requests Appleton weavers to join their strike.
Box 1	Folder 11	Petition by Boarding House Matrons to Increase Boarding Charge	1835
		July 8, 1835.
Box 1	Folder 12	Petition by Boarding House Matrons to Increase Boarding Charge
		After 1835.
Box 1	Folder 13	Operatives' Petition for Reduction from 11 to 10 Hours	1867
		February 11, 1867.
Box 1	Folder 14	Stock Subscription Announcement	1827
		May 30, 1827. Circular by Proprietors of Locks and Canals.
Box 2	Folder 9	Stock Subscription Lists	1839
		January 2, 1839; January 12, 1839; January 28, 1839
Box 1	Folder 15	Correspondence Regarding Stock Transfers	1854
		June 15, 1854.
Box 1	Folder 16	Bond Securing Appleton From Loss in Stock Transfers	1856
		March 24, 1986.
Box 1	Folder 17	Correspondence Regarding Liability of Directors to Stockholders	1904
		February 25, 1904.
		Sub-Series B. LEGAL AND PROPERTY
Box 2	Folder 1	Original Deed of Mill Privilege and Second Deed of Mill Privilege	1826-1833
		April 29, 1826 and August 10, 1833.
Box 2	Folder 2	Deed From Proprietors of Mill Pond Wharf Company	1836
		November 10, 1836
Box 2	Folder 3	Proposal For Sale of Mill Power or Mill Privilege	1843
		June 24, 1843.
Box 2	Folder 4	Proposal For Sale of Mill Power, Mill Privilege, and Land	1843
		November 29, 1843.
Box 1	Folder 18	Bill of Sale for Land Sold by the Appleton Company	1845
		June 1, 1845.
Box 2	Folder 5	Copy of Release of Proprietors of Locks and Canals From Original Agreement for Sale of Mill Power and New Indenture For Sale of Mill Power	1853
Box 1	Folder 19	Report on New Indenture to the Proprietors of the Locks and Canals	1854
		June 13, 1854.
Box 1	Folder 20	Deed: Samuel T. Snow House to the Appleton Company	1856
		January 19, 1856.
Box 1	Folder 21	Correspondence Regarding the Purchase of a House by Superintendent George Motley	1859
		June 11, 1859.
Box 1	Folder 22	Agent's House Sold to Superintendent George Motley	1862
		November 3, 1862.
Box 1	Folder 23	Regulations on the Use of Surplus Water Power	1870-1886
		November 3, 1870: Surplus water power at Lowell; January 7, 1875: Regulations under which surplus water power is permitted to be used; February 17, 1885: Report of Committee on Surplus Power; February 17, 1885: Charges for the surplus power used in 1881;
Box 1	Folder 24	Petition to the City of Lowell for Damages Caused by the Diversion of Water	1873
		April 1, 1873.
Box 1	Folder 25	Indenture to the City of Lowell Regarding Land Taken by the City	1875
		December 31, 1875.
Box 1	Folder 26	Release of Water Rights to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts	1896
		April 17, 1896.
Box 1	Folder 27	Quitclaim Deed	1920
		July 3, 1920.
Box 2	Folder 6	Lease of Brown's Wharf	1828
		February 15, 1828.
Box 2	Folder 7	Lease of Brown's Wharf	1835
		April 1, 1835.
Box 1	Folder 28	Agreement Regarding Blackman's Patent Loom Improvement	1836
		May 17, 1836.
Box 1	Folder 29	Patent Assignment: William G. Leonard's Railway Drawing Head	1848
		September 28, 1848
Box 2	Folder 8	License: Uriah A. Boyden's Axle Bearings	1849
		March 13, 1849.
Box 1	Folder 30	Patent Assignment: Oliver Pearl's Bobbins	1851
		May 23, 1851.
Box 1	Folder 31	License: Babbitt's Patent Boxes for Axles	1854
		September 1, 1854.
Box 1	Folder 32	License: Whiting Hayden Regulators	1852
		June 24, 1852.
Box 1	Folder 33	Patent Assignment: Zebulon Lyford's Loom Pickers	1858
		May 29, 1858.
Box 1	Folder 34	License: Silas Durgin's Measuring Machine	1858
		October 4, 1858.
Box 1	Folder 35	Patent Transfers: Card Strippers	1860-1875
		April 20, 1860; August 21, 1860; December 2, 1861; February 10 1862; April 16, 1874; October 27, 1874; February 8, 1875; April 12, 1875.
Box 1	Folder 36	License: Evan Leigh's Patent for Top Rollers	1861
		May 14, 1861.
Box 1	Folder 37	Patent Transfer: Daniel Hussey's Double Cone Bobbins	1863
		September 26, 1863.
Box 1	Folder 38	License: E. D. and George Draper's Top Rolls	1865
		December 28, 1865.
Box 1	Folder 39	License: E. D. and George Draper's Stop Motion	1865
		December 28, 1865.
Box 1	Folder 40	License: William C. Davol's Positive Cam Shaft Motion	1866
		September 26, 1866.
Box 1	Folder 41	License: E. D. and George Draper's Drawing Regulators	1866
		December 6, 1866.
Box 1	Folder 42	License: George Draper and Son's Loom Improvements	1868
		May 25, 1868.
Box 1	Folder 43	License: Myron Haskell's Shuttle Binders	1870
		May 13, 1870.
Box 1	Folder 44	License: Richard Collins' Harness Motion	1870
		June 23, 1870.
Box 1	Folder 45	License: Edmund Graham and Wanton Rouse's Picker Staff Motions	1872-1873
		June 15, 1872 and June 24, 1873.
Box 1	Folder 46	Patent Transfer: John M. Pevey's Mangle Racks and Pinion	1882
		June 14,1882.
Box 1	Folder 47	Patent Transfer: Jesse Cottrell's Loom Attachment	1885
		June 1, 1885.
Box 1	Folder 48	Final Settlement of Oliver Pearl Patent Case	1881
		July 21, 1881. Oliver Pearl Spinning Patents.
Box 1	Folder 49	Liability Release Form	1870-1880
		Circa 1870s.
Box 1	Folder 50	Lowell Abatements	1910
		September 10, 1910.
Box 1	Folder 51	Transcript: Hamilton Manufacturing and Appleton Manufacturing vs. City of Lowell	1902
		December 16, 1902. Case nos. 1617 and 1620. Index to page 200.
Box 1	Folder 52	Transcript: Hamilton Manufacturing and Appleton Manufacturing vs. City of Lowell	1902
		December 16, 1902. Case nos. 1617 and 1620. Pages 201 to page 399.
Box 1	Folder 53	Transcript: Hamilton Manufacturing and Appleton Manufacturing vs. City of Lowell	1902
		December 16, 1902. Case nos. 1617 and 1620. Pages 400 to page 599.
Box 1	Folder 54	Transcript: Hamilton Manufacturing and Appleton Manufacturing vs. City of Lowell	1902
		December 16, 1902. Case nos. 1617 and 1620. Pages 600 to page 799.
Box 1	Folder 55	Transcript: Hamilton Manufacturing and Appleton Manufacturing vs. City of Lowell	1902
		December 16, 1902. Case nos. 1617 and 1620. Pages 800 to page 999.
Box 1	Folder 56	Transcript: Hamilton Manufacturing and Appleton Manufacturing vs. City of Lowell	1902
		December 16, 1902. Case nos. 1617 and 1620. Pages 1000 to page 1180 (end).
		Series II. EXECUTIVE
Box 1	Folder 57	Cost of Manufacturing	1842
		For six months ending May 1842.
Box 1	Folder 58	Cost of Cloth	1843
		For six months ending May 27, 1843.
Box 1	Folder 59	Manufacturing Costs	1843
		March 1843. Broken down y Department.
Box 1	Folder 60	Cost of Waste Cloth per Yard	1844
Box 1	Folder 61	Cost of Cloth	1867
		For six months ending March 25, 1867.
Box 1	Folder 62	Cost of Manufacturing	1868
		January through April 1868.
Box 1	Folder 63	Cost of Cloth	1867-1870
Box 1	Folder 64	Cost of Cloth	1871-1872
Box 1	Folder 65	Mutual Insurance Agreement	1850
		June 14, 1850.
Box 1	Folder 66	Mutual Insurance Agreement	1855
		August 11, 1855.
Box 1	Folder 67	Mutual Insurance Agreement	1859
		September 15, 1859.
Box 1	Folder 68	Memo of Agreement Regarding Use of Wool by Companies	1864
		November 2, 1864.
Box 1	Folder 69	Mutual Insurance Agreement	1864
		December 7, 1864.
Box 1	Folder 70	Notification of Withdrawal of Tremont Mills From Mutual Insurance	1871
		August 8, 1871.
Box 1	Folder 71	Notification of Withdrawal of Suffolk Mills From Mutual Insurance	1871
		August 8, 1871.
Box 1	Folder 72	Request of Suffolk and Tremont Mills to Re-enter Mutual Insurance	1871
		September 22, 1871.
Box 1	Folder 73	Mutual Insurance Agreement	1873
		November 6, 1873.
Box 1	Folder 74	Recommendation of the Committee on the Introduction of Additional Sprinklers	1877
		July 26, 1877.
Box 1	Folder 75	Mutual Insurance Agreement	1877
		October 1, 1877.
Box 2	Folder 10	Mutual Insurance Agreement	1884
		December 6, 1884.
Box 1	Folder 76	Memo of Machinery to be Furnished Each Mill by Proprietors of Locks and Canals	1827
Box 1	Folder 77	Memo of Articles Purchased by Proprietors of Locks and Canals	1828
		October 9, 1828. To be used in Appleton.
Box 1	Folder 78	Contract to Dig Well	1828
		October 21, 1828.
Box 1	Folder 79	Number of Bricks Used in Cotton Storehouse	1828
		December 27, 1828. Account of bricks received and used.
Box 1	Folder 80	Construction Bill from Proprietors of Locks and Canals	1829
		May 30, 1829.
Box 1	Folder 81	Memo of Cost of Mills Gearing and Housing by Mr. Boott	1829
		June 1829.
Box 1	Folder 82	Bill for Mill Powers, Mill Construction, and Machinery from Proprietors of Locks and Canals	1829
		November 1829.
Box 1	Folder 83	Memo of Window Caps and Sills	1829
		December 17, 1829.
Box 1	Folder 84	Copy of Bill for Covering Rollers at Merrimack Manufacturing Company Mill no.2	1830
		January 10, 1830.
Box 1	Folder 85	Copy of Bill for Covering Rollers at Hamilton Manufacturing Company Mill no.3	1830
		July 26, 1830.
Box 1	Folder 86	Sketch of Steam Boiler in Sizing Room	1830
		December 2, 1830.
Box 1	Folder 87	Depth and Location of Wells
		No Date.
Box 1	Folder 88	Lumber Weights
		No Date.
Box 1	Folder 89	Repair Bill for Fire Damage	1837
		July 22, 1837.
Box 1	Folder 90	Correspondence Regarding Water Pipes	1839
		July 19, 1839.
Box 1	Folder 91	Construction Labor Costs	1840
		March 28, 1840. Especially water pipes to tenements.
Box 1	Folder 92	Estimate of Brick Work on Picker House	1844
		April 1844.
Box 1	Folder 93	Proposal for Foundation Excavation	1844
		July 5, 1844.
Box 2	Folder 11	Cost of Picker House and Mill	1844
Box 1	Folder 94	Account of Stone Work	1845
		October 25, 1845.
Box 1	Folder 95	Estimated Cost of New Mill	1845
		December 16, 1845.
Box 1	Folder 96	Cost of Picker House	1844-1845
Box 1	Folder 97	Estimate for Taking Down and Rebuilding Mill Wall	1854
		November 29, 1854.
Box 1	Folder 98	Cost Estimates for Addition to Mill no.1	1859
		April 11 and May 9, 1859. Measurements of excavation, Cement, and dry wall.
Box 1	Folder 99	Estimate of Cost of Building Between Suffolk Mills
		Circa 1840-1860.
Box 1	Folder 100	Estimate for Cotton House	1861
		March 23, 1861.
Box 2	Folder 12	Agreement and Specifications to Build Cotton Store House	1861
		June 18, 1861
Box 1	Folder 101	Labor and Construction Costs	1868
		December 19, 1868.
Box 1	Folder 102	Building Permit	1912
		April 23, 1912.
Box 1	Folder 103	Correspondence from Hiram F. Mills Regarding Extension of Dye House Wall	1915-1916
		December 20, 1915 and January 11, 1916.
Box 2	Folder 14	Estimate of Power Necessary to Run Machinery at Appleton	1831
Box 3	Folder 1	Complete Inventory of Mill, Machinery, Furniture, and Stock	1832
		November 1832.
Box 2	Folder 15	List and Valuation of Machinery	1838
		December 21, 1838.
Box 3	Folder 2	Plan of Stoves at West End of Mill no.2	1839
		May 1839.
Box 3	Folder 3	Draught of English Drawing	1842
Box 3	Folder 4	Size and Speed of Old Drums In W. Picker no.2 Mill	1843
		January 1843. Before alteration.
Box 3	Folder 5	List of Machinery	1844
		February 1844. Also number of workers in each department.
Box 3	Folder 6	Prices for Machinery from Proprietors of Locks and Canals	1844
		March 1844.
Box 3	Folder 7	Table Showing Effects of Exhaust Apparatus on Appleton Turbine	1845
		February 13, 1845.
Box 3	Folder 8	Contract for Turbine Wheel to V. A. Boyden	1845
		March 27, 1845.
Box 3	Folder 9	Machinery Ordered From Lowell Machine Shop	1845
		June 13, 1845.
Box 3	Folder 10	Machinery in Mills 1 and 2	1845
		December 1, 1845.
Box 3	Folder 11	Memo of Machinery and Power on Turbine Wheel	1845
Box 3	Folder 12	Cost of Turbine Wheel for Picker House	1845
Box 3	Folder 13	Machinery Ordered From Lowell Machine Shop	1846
		January 3, 1846.
Box 3	Folder 14	Bills of Gay, Silver, and Company for Turbine Wheel	1846
		December 27, 1846.
Box 3	Folder 15	Machinery Prices From Lowell Machine Shop	1846
Box 2	Folder 16	Machinery in Mill	1847
Box 3	Folder 16	Machinery in Mills no.1, 2, and 3	1849
		January 1, 1849.
Box 2	Folder 17	Machinery in Appleton Mill	1851
		March 1, 1851
Box 3	Folder 17	Estimate of Costs of Wheel Pits, Penstock, and Raceway at Hamilton and Appleton	1853
		December 7, 1953.
Box 3	Folder 18	Mr. Francis' Estimate of Required Power of New Turbine	1854
		August 25, 1854.
Box 3	Folder 19	Design of Water Wheel Shaft
		Circa 1854-1855.
Box 3	Folder 20	Estimates, Specifications, Weight, and Costs of Turbine, Penstock, and Wheel Pit	1855
		January through September 1855.
Box 3	Folder 21	Valuation of Real Estate and Machinery	1865
		June 1865.
Box 3	Folder 22	Cost of Dynamometer	1866
		February 10, 1866.
Box 3	Folder 23	Agreement and Memo Regarding the Purchase of Machinery form Lowell Machine Shop	1875
		January 1875.
Box 3	Folder 24	Machinery From Lowell Machine Shop	1875
		July 28, 1875.
Box 3	Folder 25	Plans for Water Power and Steam	1877
		June through October 1877.
Box 3	Folder 26	Machinery Order	1901
Box 3	Folder 27	Cost of Drums and Gearing
		No Date.
Box 3	Folder 28	Expenses Covering Rollers	1842
		February 1, 1842.
Box 3	Folder 29	Cost for Covering Rollers at Merrimack
Box 3	Folder 30	Circulation of Waltham BMC Cloth	1828
		February 1828.
Box 3	Folder 31	Wages Paid at Nashua, NH	1828
		September 15, 1828.
Box 3	Folder 32	Copy of Correspondence and Circular from American Hydraulic Company, Windsor, VT	1829
		January 19, 1829. Regarding rotative fire engine (water pump).
Box 3	Folder 33	Precautions Against Fire Adopted by Merrimack Manufacturing Company	1829
		January 29, 1829
Box 3	Folder 34	Average of Wages at Hamilton Company	1832
		July 1832.
Box 3	Folder 35	List of Machinery in Jackson Mills, Nashua, NH	1834
		December 31, 1834.
Box 3	Folder 36	Statement of the Number of Help in Lawrence Mills	1841
		March 11, 1841.
Box 3	Folder 37	Perkins, Cabot and Dwight Mills, Cabotville	1842
		September 1842. Wages, costs, machinery, etc.
Box 3	Folder 38	Whites Mill, West Boylston, MA.	1842
		September 1842. Machinery, cost of cloth, etc.
Box 3	Folder 39	Memo About York Mills, Saco, ME	1842
		Costs.
Box 3	Folder 40	Cost of Lawrence Cloth, 1842-1843	1843
Box 3	Folder 41	Draft and Twist, Manchester	1843
Box 3	Folder 42	Wage Rates (Prices) at Lawrence Merrimack Mill	1845
		June 12, 1845.
Box 3	Folder 43	Proprietors of Locks and Canals Sizing Receipt to Francis C. Lowell	1815
		Sizing report sent to Francis Lowell 1815; cost of Waltham BMC cloth 1828; wages paid at Nashua, NH 1828; fire engine circular 1829; fire precautions at Merrimack Mfg. Co. 1832; average wages at Hamilton Mfg. Co. 1832; list of machinery in Jackson Mills,
Box 3	Folder 44	Rainfall	1831-1841
		June 1831 through June 1841. Months of June only.
Box 3	Folder 45	Mill Powers Sold by Proprietors of Locks and Canals	1844
Box 3	Folder 46	Proprietors of Locks and Canals Vote Regarding Cost of Improvements	1846
		December 26, 1846.
Box 3	Folder 47	Proprietors of Locks and Canals Vote to Limit Height for Raising Water	1848
		February 28, 1848.
Box 3	Folder 48	Proprietors of Locks and Canals Vote to Secure Each Company Against Damages by Changes in Changes for Extension of Water Power	1848
		July 1, 1848.
Box 3	Folder 49	Correspondence Incoming to Treasurer	1845
		October 7, 1845. Note concerning donation to Third Baptist Society.
Box 3	Folder 50	Correspondence Incoming to Treasurer	1862
		October 30, 1862. Investment of the assets of the company during the Civil War.
Box 3	Folder 51	Correspondence Incoming to Treasurer	1914
		September 18, 1914. From Proprietors of Locks and Canals regarding railroad track maintenance.
Box 3	Folder 52	Correspondence Incoming to Nathan Appleton, President	1853
		September 2, 1853. From Treasurer regarding the 10-Hour Movement.
Box 3	Folder 53	Correspondence Incoming to Nathan Appleton, President	1861
		January 2, 1861. Resignation of William B. Bacon as Treasurer.
Box 3	Folder 54	Correspondence of George Motley, Superintendent	1840
		June 3, 1840. Notifying Motley of his election to Board of Trustees of the Lowell Hospital Association.
Box 3	Folder 55	Correspondence of George Motley, Superintendent	1846
		January 9, 1846. Character reference by Motley for Appleton overseer, Richard Tripp.
Box 3	Folder 56	Correspondence of George Motley, Superintendent	1847
		March 31, 1847. Character reference by Motley for former Appleton clerk, Mr. Metcalf.
Box 3	Folder 57	Correspondence of George Motley, Superintendent	1852
		February 9, 1852. To J. W. Paige and Company regarding shortage in bale of cloth.
Box 3	Folder 58	Correspondence of George Motley, Superintendent	1857
		May 16, 1857. To Hobbs regarding the "Hayden patent regulator for drawing."
Box 3	Folder 59	Correspondence of George Motley, Superintendent	1859
		August 6, 1859. To William B. Bacon regarding cotton shipments and prices.
Box 3	Folder 60	Correspondence of George Motley, Superintendent	1860
		January 20, 1860. From F. F. Battles regarding amount of cotton used by Massachusetts Cotton Mills, Lowell, MA.
Box 3	Folder 61	Correspondence of George Motley, Superintendent	1862
		November 19, 1862. From James B. Francis regarding leather belting.
Box 3	Folder 62	Correspondence of J. H. Sawyer, Superintendent	1867
		December 14, 1867. From Edward S. Dodge regarding license prices.
Box 3	Folder 63	Correspondence of George Motley, Superintendent	1869
		October 13, 1869. From James Manes and Son regarding waterproofing recipe.
Box 3	Folder 64	Correspondence of George Motley, Superintendent
		No Date. Directions for covering boilers with felt.
Box 3	Folder 65	Correspondence of George Motley, Superintendent	1831
		December 14, 1831. From agent, P. T. Jackson, regarding bill for repairs.
Box 3	Folder 66	Correspondence of George Motley, Superintendent	1844-1869
		Letter book
Box 3	Folder 67	Agent's Correspondence	1838
		March 15, 1838. Regarding yarn sizing.
Box 3	Folder 68	Agent's Correspondence	1843
		July 10, 1843. To John Clark, regarding City Hall appointments to charity board.
		Series III. FINANCIAL
Box 3	Folder 69	Trial Balances	1843-1869
		August 30, 1843; November 25, 1865; November 30, 1969.
Box 3	Folder 70	General Account Entries	1870
		September through October 1870.
Box 3	Folder 71	Accounts Credited to Individuals	1870
		October 1870.
Box 4	Folder 1	Day Books	1831-1833
		May 30, 1831 through June 29, 1833. Includes entries for goods received and shipped, also hours of employees spent apparently on repairs.
Box 4	Folder 2	Day Books	1833-1836
		December 2, 1933 through March 29, 1836. Includes entries for goods received and shipped, also hours of employees spent apparently on repairs.
Box 3	Folder 72	Cash Book Excerpts	1871
		August 8, 1871. Items in June and July cash.
Box 3	Folder 73	Notes Discounted	1843
		August 32, 1843.
Box 3	Folder 74	Memoranda of Entries on Superintendent's Account	1867-1870
		Includes March 1867, every month of 1868 (except March), January and December 1869, and April 1870.
		Series IV. PURCHASING
Box 3	Folder 75	Starch Contracts	1835-1847
		May 1, 1835; May 2, 1844; May 24, 1847.
Box 3	Folder 76	Certificates of Damaged Cotton	1836-1842
		September 26, 1836; January 10, 1837; March 1, 1842; July 1, 1842; September 13, 1842 (2).
Box 3	Folder 77	Goods Purchased	1830
		January and February 1830. Coal and wood used in furnaces and boilers.
Box 3	Folder 78	Goods Purchased	1832
		February 25, 1832. Trial of wood and coal.
Box 3	Folder 79	Goods Purchased	1832
		June 30, 1832. Oil used in Hamilton and Appleton for the twelve months prior.
Box 3	Folder 80	Goods Purchased	1830-1831
		February 2, 1831. Wood sued in furnaces beginning Monday November 29, 1830. May 1831. Memo of fuel use from May 1830 to May 1831.
Box 3	Folder 81	Goods Purchased	1841
		August 25, 1841. Cost of coal sent to Appleton.
Box 3	Folder 82	Goods Purchased	1867
		November 30. 1867. Cost of cotton for previous six months.
Box 3	Folder 83	Goods Purchased
		Circa 1830. Cost of whale oil lamp wicks.
Box 3	Folder 84	Goods Purchased
		Prices of Socket Lamps
Box 3	Folder 85	Goods Purchased
		Articles charged to General Expense.
		Series V. SALES
Box 3	Folder 86	Contract for Sale of Cotton Waste to Hurd & Grehore	1831
		January 15, 1831.
Box 3	Folder 87	Contract for Consignment of Goods With Upham, Tucker, & Company	1867
		November 11, 1867; November 12, 1867; November 13, 1867.
Box 3	Folder 88	Contract for Consignment of Goods With Catlin & Company	1898
		February 24, 1898; February 25, 1898; February 28, 1898.
Box 3	Folder 89	Sketch of Sales: Memo of Sales and Goods on Hand	1868
		February 7, 1868; May 1968; July 9, 1868; November 30, 1868; December 1868.
Box 3	Folder 90	Sketch of Sales: Memo of Sales and Goods on Hand	1869
		February 20, 1869; May 10, 1869; July 12, 1869.
Box 3	Folder 91	Sketch of Sales: Memo of Sales and Goods on Hand	1870-1871
		May 13, 1870; May 31, 1870; February 28, 1871; April 11, 1871
Box 3	Folder 92	Sketch of Sales by Upham, Tucker & Company	1868-1871
		Eleven sales statements.
		Series VI. LABOR
Box 3	Folder 93	Employment Regulations	1829
Box 3	Folder 94	List of Mill Girls Who Left Mill Due to Wage Reductions	1834
Box 3	Folder 95	Personnel Correspondence	1845-1853
		Photocopies from Superintendent's Letter Book. See Box 3: ff.66.
Box 3	Folder 96	Prices to be Paid Job Hands	1829
		September 26, 1829.
Box 3	Folder 97	Request by Employees for Part of Wages to be Paid to Third Party	1829
		September 11, 1829.
Box 3	Folder 98	Memo of the Amount Job Hands Would Have Made at Present Prices	1829
		September 26, 1829.
Box 2	Folder 18	Sundries Debited to Payroll
		Circa 1830.
Box 2	Folder 19	Averages of Wages	1839
		December 1839; May 1839.
Box 3	Folder 99	Prices for Job Hands	1842
		October 28, 1842. Piece rates.
Box 3	Folder 100	Overseers' Premium Payments	1829-1846
Box 2	Folder 20	Statement of Time in Employment and Earnings of Each Overseer at Appleton	1836
Box 3	Folder 101	Statement of Time Worked an Earnings of Overseers	1836
Box 3	Folder 102	Miscellany	1850-1855
		Boardinghouse allowances 1850-1855, number of persons employed by Appleton who did or did not attend meeting ca 1855.
		Series VII. PRODUCTION
Box 3	Folder 103	Inventories	1829-1841
		Raw materials and finished cloth, production totals by brand.
Box 3	Folder 104	Rejected Cloth	1831-1842
		November 26, 1831; November 1842.
Box 3	Folder 105	Bagging Cloth	1844
		May 25, 1844.
Box 3	Folder 106	Statements of cloth manufactured	1867-1868
		December 7, 1867 through May 30, 1868.
Box 3	Folder 107	Yards of cloth manufactured
		No date.
Box 3	Folder 108	Spinning Records	1842-1843
		May 28, 1842. Memo of Bobbins. June 1843. Yarn twist and number of turns.
Box 2	Folder 21	Weaving Records
		Circa 1830. Memoranda on speeding up of Mill no.2
Box 3	Folder 109	Weaving Records	1831
		March 19, 1831. Memoranda on difference in production between looms at high and common speed.
Box 3	Folder 110	Efficiency of Spinning	1914
		April 10, 1914. E. Dean Walen.

Contents

Appleton Company Records

Collection Number: 6516

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library