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Formal title:: Rhode Island State Records Collection
Extent:: 5.5 linear feet
Date range:: 1661-1979
Abstract:: Records of the Rhode Island General Assembly, Governor, state agencies, administrative units, and courts.
Repository:: Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:: MSS 231 SG 3

Formal title:: Papers of James Brown (1761-1834)
Extent:: 2.5 linear feet
Date range:: 1773-1834
Abstract:: The personal papers of James Brown, the son of John (1736-1803) and Sarah (Smith) Brown (1738-1825), who was born on September 22, 1761 and died December 12, 1834.
Repository:: Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:: MSS 310

Formal title:: James Brown II (1698-1739) Papers
Extent:: 2 linear feet
Date range:: 1719-1739
Abstract:: James Brown II (1698-1739) was born in Providence. His father was Elder James Brown (1666-1716), a pastor on the First Baptist Church; his mother was Mary (Harris) Brown. James II established himself early in the mercantile business, trading in rum, molasses, slaves and less controversial wares.
Repository:: Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:: MSS 309

Formal title:: Obadiah Brown I (1712-1762) Papers
Extent:: 5 linear feet
Date range:: 1719-1776 (bulk 1740-1762)
Abstract:: Obadiah Brown I (1712-1762) was born in Providence. His father was Elder James Brown (1666-1716), a pastor on the First Baptist Church; his mother was Mary (Harris) Brown. Upon reaching adulthood, Obadiah joined his older brother James Brown II (1698-1739) in the mercantile trade, which included traffic in cocoa, rum, molasses and slaves.
Repository:: Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:: MSS 315

John Brown Papers

Formal title:: John Brown Papers
Extent:: 1 linear foot
Date range:: 1743-1829
Abstract:: John Brown (1736-1803) was born in Providence, R.I., the fourth son of merchant James Brown II (1698-1739) and Hope (Power) Brown (1702-1792). He began his working life in partnership with his three brothers (Nicholas, Joseph and Moses) and his uncle as Obadiah Brown & Co., a mercantile firm that traded in rum, slaves, molasses and other goods. The firm was renamed Nicholas Brown & Co. after the death of Obadiah in 1762.
Repository:: Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:: MSS 312

Formal title:: Rhode Island State Institutions Records
Extent:: 6.5 linear feet
Date range:: 1839-1968 (bulk 1885-1944)
Abstract:: Selective records of the Rhode Island State Institutions, a group of correctional and charitable facilities located in the town of Cranston, have had a complex history under many different jurisdictions.
Repository:: Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:: MSS 231 sg 1

Formal title:: Sayles Finishing Plants (Saylesville, Philipsdale, and Valley Falls, Rhode Island and Ashleville, North Carolina) Business Records
Extent:: 55 linear feet
Date range:: 1906-1971
Abstract:: In the first two decades of the 20th century, there occurred a gradual consolidation of the various finishing plants owned by Frank A. Sayles. To the original bleacheries at Saylesville were joined administratively the various branches of the Glenlyon Dye and Print Works and the National Tracing Cloth Company. The first indication of this trend came in 1906, when the records start referring to the Sayles Bleacheries as Plant A - implying the existence of a larger organization of which it formed a part. In the decade that followed, the various finishing units were increasingly linked by central departments - e.g. the Central Purchasing Department, the Efficiency Department, the Rate-Fixing Department, the Superintendent's Office - that came to coordinate more and more of their activities. This process was formalized in March 1917, when Frank A. Sayles set up Sayles Finishing Plants as an unincorporated trust that owned and operated the various finishing subdivisions.
Repository:: Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:: MSS 6 Sg 2

Formal title:: Sayles Bleacheries records
Extent:: 48 linear feet
Date range:: 1847-1906
Abstract:: The Sayles Bleacheries were the foundation for all the subsequent manufacturing activities of the Sayles family. The profits from this highly successful operation fueled the acquisition of the scores of companies whose records now make up the Sayles Collection. Thus the Sayles Bleacheries were in every sense the “parent” organization of the Sayles empire. The Sayles Bleacheries originated when William F. Sayles, in December 1847, bought at auction the plant of the Pimbly Print Works, lying along the Moshassuck River in the town of Lincoln, Rhode Island.
Repository:: Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:: MSS 6 SG 1

Formal title:: Lonsdale Company Records
Extent:: 45 linear feet
Date range:: 1831-1946
Abstract:: The Lonsdale Water Power Company, an unchartered corporation founded by the firm of Brown & Ives with Edward Carrington and others, was organized in 1825. The company proceeded to buy up estates and water rights along the Blackstone River in the towns of Smithfield and Cumberland, Rhode Island. In 1831, the company began construction of a mill - later called Lonsdale Mill No. 1- and organized around that mill the village they named Lonsdale in Smithfield. Included in this collection are: administrative records, 1834-1924; general accounts, 1831-1944; production records, 1836-1916; correspondence, 1832-1921; miscellany, 1910-45. Especially important are the minute of company meetings, 1834-1906.
Repository:: Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:: MSS 9 SG 2

Glenlyon Dye Works

Formal title:: Glenlyon Dye Works
Extent:: 25.5 linear feet
Date range:: 1883-1950 (bulk 1883-1938)
Abstract:: The Glenlyon Dye Works began as a minor department relegated to operating wherever space could be found or made within the confines of Sayles Bleacheries Plant A at Saylesville. This department began as early as 1876, for the purposes of bleaching and dyeing wool yarn and piece goods. It was not formalized until 1882 when it turned entirely to processing goods for the new Lorraine Manufacturing Company, and the volume of work increased considerably. Later, as Glenlyon Print Works, the plant specialized in printing and finishing fine cotton and silk blend fabrics.
Repository:: Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:: MSS 6 sg 13

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