American Woolen Company · Boston, Mass., American Woolen Company · leaf 88
north of Providence. It was namedafter Edward Manton, who located wherethe Edward Manton homestead stands. It is believedthat the homestead was built as early as 1683, byEdward Manton, son of Shadrach Manton, an associateof Roger Williams. Members of the Manton familywere among the great landowners… … Manton Mills •MANTONR-I 83 i ■ Providence ■ R ■ I ■ % ROVIDENCE, the capital of Rhode Island, T) the second city in New England, with an t^ area of over eighteen square miles, isp) —k situated on the Providence River, at thehead of Narragansett Bay, thirty-five miles from theocean. It is said that…
Woolen and worsted manufacture
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