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Sayles Finishing Plants (Saylesville, Philipsdale and Valley Falls Rhode Island and Ashleville, North Carolina) Business Records
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
Inventory:
Series Administrative Records
Subseries Journals
Item Item 1 Plant A
 1906 Jul-1914 Dec
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Joseph W. Blaine Family Papers
Formal title:
Joseph W. Blaine Family Papers
Extent:
10.5 linear feet
Date range:
1868-1986
Abstract:
This collection consists of the papers of three generations of the Blaine and MacLellan families, who resided in Newport from 1882 to 1986. Alexander MacLellan (1856-1939) emigrated from Scotland in 1882, and served as a head gardener at several large estates. His daughter Rowena (1886-1965) married jeweler Joseph W. Blaine (1875-1953). Their son Joseph W. Blaine Jr. (1920-1986) was an electrical engineer who retired young to devote himself to the study of history.
Repository:
Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:
MSS 1079
Inventory:
Series Estate of E.C. Blaine Records
The jewelry store on Thames Street in Newport, RI was opened circa 1865 by Harley Willie Pray. Edwin C. Blaine took over the business from the original owners in 1873 and ran it until his death in 1904. According to Edwin's will, the business was to be operated for the benefit of the family. Jennie E. Blaine, Edwin's second wife, received a percentage of the profits from the store for the remainder of her life. His son, Joseph W. Blaine, took over management of the business and operated it under the name "Estate of E.C. Blaine." The name of the business was changed to "Edwin C. Blaine, Inc." in 1933. Emily Francis (Blaine) Cobb was the clerk for a time. The business was sold outside the family in 1952, but continued to be operated as Blaine Jewelers for many years. Contents: 3 linear feet of financial and sales records from the jewelry store, 1904-1953
Item Box 5 Folder 4 Correspondence - sale of business
 1952
Item Box 5 Folder 11 Finished business sheets
 1952 Mar-1952 Sep
 
Carrington Papers
Formal title:
Carrington Papers
Extent:
122 linear feet
Date range:
1798-1911 (bulk 1802-1860)
Abstract:
Edward Carrington (1775-1843) was born in New Haven, Connecticut. As a young man, he came to Providence, R.I., where he worked as a clerk and supercargo for local merchants Seth Wheaton, Samuel Butler, and Richard Jackson. He resided in Canton, China from 1802 to 1810, serving as American Consul, acting as an agent for other American merchants, and amassing a considerable fortune by trading on his own behalf. The collection documents his mercantile and shipping activities in China, South America and Europe during 1802-1857. It also documents his other business enterprises in the textile industry in Rhode Island with the Hamlet Mill and Manufacturing Company, 1834-1860 and the Blackstone Canal Company, 1823-1831. The collection also contains the personal papers of Edward Carrington, his son Edward II, and Edward II's wife Candace (Dorr) Carrington.
Repository:
Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:
MSS 333
Inventory:
Item Box 239 Miscellaneous business papers
 1905-1911
Item Box 239 Dorr & Allen family business papers
 1851-1899
 
James Brown II (1698-1739) Papers
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
Inventory:
Item Box 1 Folder 4 James Browne to his wife Hope, advise on business operations in case he does not return
 1737 Aug 23
Item Box 1 Folder 5 Letter book, outgoing business correspondence
 1735-1739
Item Box 1 Folder 5 Letter book, outgoing business correspondence
 1736-1738
 
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
Inventory:
Series Maritime business records (formerly called Merchant Marine)
 
Rhode Island State Records Collection
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
Inventory:
Item Box 7 Folder 13 RI State Council of Defense - Business regulation - Securities Bureau
 1943
Item Box 7 Folder 20 RI State Council of Defense - Community wartime business clinics
 1942
 
Papers of James Brown (1761-1834)
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
Inventory:
Series
Contains letters sent and received by James Brown from family and friends. There are descriptions of places James Brown visited, people he dined with, clothes people wore, and family gossip with his sisters. There is an interesting letter from his brother-in-law, John Francis, describing Congress, which was in session in Philadelphia in 1790. Several letters in 1791 describe the death of his uncle, Nicholas Brown, and family responses to the death. There is a letter written by James while on business for his father where he describes the City of Baltimore in good detail. There is also a business letter concerning the rebuilding of the Washington Bridge written in 1807. The following list is an index of all the correspondents. Bethune, Nathaniel - Letter 26 Brown, Avis - Letter 10 Brown, Benjamin (1763-1773) - Letter 1 Dickerson, Charles - Letter 31 Dickins, E. - Letter 25 Francis, Abigail (Brown) (1766-1821) - Letter 7, 22, 28, 36a Francis, John (1763-1796) - Letter 8, 9, 14, 21 Francis, Thomas - Letter 23 Francis, Thomas W. - Letter 27, 29 Herreshoff, Charles F. (1763-1819) - Letter 42 Herreshoff, Julia L. (1811-1901) - Letter 38 Herreshoff, Sarah B. (1773-1846) - Letter 2, 3, 6, 11, 13, 18, 30, 40 Herreshoff, John B. (1805-1861) - Letter 34a Malbone, Francis (1759-1809) - Letter 24 Mason, Amasa - Letter 39 Mason, Daniel - Letter 15 Otis, Harrison G. (1765-1848) - Letter 17 St. Cecilia Society - Letter 20 Washington Bridge - Letter 36 Watson, Elkanah - Letter 36c Willing, Thomas M. - Letter 16
Series Diaries
Consists of James Brown’s diaries which often describe his travels while on business for his father, John. Of note in his diary of 1801 is a detailed description of the fire which burned much of Providence that year
 
Thomas W. Dorr Collection
Formal title:
Thomas W. Dorr Collection
Extent:
0.25 linear feet
Date range:
1831-1888
Abstract:
Thomas W. Dorr (1805-1854) was best known as the leader of the Dorr Rebellion. This collection contains seven letters written by Dorr to miscellaneous persons, as well as one received from Franklin Pierce, selections from Dorr's personal scrapbook, twelve pages of business accounts, and several items relating to the rebellion.
Repository:
Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:
MSS 391
The Records of James Browne
Formal title:
The Records of James Browne
Extent:
0.25 linear feet
Date range:
1742-1743
Abstract:
James Browne, born in 1724 to James (1698-1739) and Hope (Power) Browne (1702-1792) of Providence, took up the family business of trading to the Caribbean. This collection consists of two cyphering and navigation books, dated 1743. The first, dated from January to February 1742/3, is a primer of Geometry and Trigonometry, which also contains lessons in Plain Sailing and Mercators Sailing. The second volume, dating from February 1742/3 to April 1743, is lessons in Mercator’s Sailing, Latitude, and Traverse Sailing, and ends with the day to day journal of his voyage to the island of Barbados in 1742/3.
Repository:
Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:
MSS 948
Providence Lithograph Company Records
Formal title:
Providence Lithograph Company Records
Extent:
5 linear feet
Date range:
1880-1975
Abstract:
This collection includes correspondence, contracts, agreements, and reference files on individual artists. The bulk of the materials relate to the company’s efforts to secure rights to artwork and to printing orders generated by religious groups. Of note is a folder of correspondence with watercolor artist Newell C. Wyeth (1882-1945) regarding worked commissioned from him.
Repository:
Rhode Island Historical Society
Collection call no:
MSS 1028

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