Diaries.

Title:

Diaries.

Creator:

Stearns, Daniel B.

Accession / Call Number:

M 1969-006

Object ID:

M 1969-006

Date:

1841 | 1846-1849

Physical Description:

5 vols.

Scope and Content:

Mill worker, weaving room overseer in Hooksett, Manchester, Cohoes, N.Y., Lawrence, Mass. Brief entries in pocket almanacs, chiefly mentions riding or walking to various towns, going to church, various churches, Odd Fellows, town meeting, muster. Worked at Hooksett, 1841; Manchester Mills, 1846, lists girls hired in Weaving Room, 248 names; and overseers of various departments. In 1847 travelled all over looking for work, Maine, Mass. and New York; worked at Ogden Co., Cohoes, N.Y., near Troy, July - October, back to Hooksett Manufacturing Co. in 1848 then commenced work in the weaving room for the Atlantic Mills at Lawrence, Mass. in August. June 28, 1849 " wove the first cotton cloth ever manufactured in Lawrence on No. 1 loom in No. 1 mill, Atlantic Co. His wages were $2.50 day. Includes printed regulations for boarding houses of the Manchester Mills and regulations for persons in employment of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. at their New Mills in Manchester.

Subjects:

Mills and mill-work. , Women Employment. , Diaries.

Level Description:

Item