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Preferred Citation:

Harvey Chase Letters, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Administrative History:

Harvey Chase and his brother, Oliver Chase, of Fall River (Bristol Co.), Mass., owned the Troy Cotton and Wool Manufactory.

Scope and Contents

Two letters to Harvey Chase of C & W Manufacturing [Troy Cotton and Wool Manufactory] in Fall River, Massachusetts from William Cornell of Newport, Rhode Island and Sibley Morrison of Augusta, Georgia about purchasing cotton and prices of cotton. 1832 and 1833.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Cotton textile industry--Massachusetts
• Cotton textile industry--United States--History--19th century
• Troy Cotton and Wool Manufactory