The silk industry in America. A history: prepared for the Centennial Exposition (1876)
Brockett, L. P. (Linus Pierpont), 1820-1893 · [New York Silk Association of America] · leaf 69
ly before his death, in 1875, was seriously consider-ing a project for silk culture in California. The period from 1831 to 1839 was prolific in the formationof silk manufacturing companies—some of them started byspeculators—which had with few exceptions a brief existence.Among the new concerns were… … Mills of the Nonotuck Silk Company, Florence, Mass. THE SILK INDUSTRY IN AMERICA. 57 former being the largest stockholder, was President andAcrent; the latter became book-keeper and general assistant.The business was not fortunately managed after Mr. Haydenleft it, and it collapsed in 1838, having…
Silk manufacture and trade
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