The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed (1912)
Walton, Perry, 1865-1941 · Boston, Mass., J. S. Lawrence · leaf 312
er at theMerrimac House in Lowell. After dinner, steps were takentoward a permanent organization. Mr. Abbott Lawrence and Mr. John A. Lowell retired fora few minutes consultation, and when they returned offeredthe Water Power Association for all of its rights and interestthirty thousand dollars… … THE STORY OF TEXTILES 221 organization of the Essex Company by a large subscriptionof stock. The proposition was accepted, and the preliminaries weresigned the same day, March 20, 1845. Mr. Lawrence wasthe first and largest subscriber to the Essex Company, tak-ing a thousand shares at a hundred…
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