US-RPB-ms89.1 Guide to the John Slater papers 1804-1846 Finding aid prepared by John Hay Library. Brown University Library 2009 March 06

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John Hay Library John Slater papers 1804-1846 Slater (John) papers 130 items Correspondence relating to the personal life and manufacturing career of John Slater. Includes letters documenting the establishment, operation, and expansion of his yarn company in Slatersville (originally Smithfield), Rhode Island. Subjects include labor issues (e.g., wages, hiring, etc.) and technical questions (e.g., water looms, aqueduct, etc.) Ms.89.1 Historical note

Correspondence relating to the personal life and manufacturing career of John Slater. Includes letters documenting the establishment, operation, and expansion of his yarn company in Slatersville (originally Smithfield), Rhode Island. Subjects include labor issues (e.g., wages, hiring, etc.) and technical questions (e.g., water looms, aqueduct, etc.)

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John Slater papers, Ms.89.1, Brown University Library.

The papers are arranged in 64 folders.

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2 Aldrich, Nathan, promissory note to, from Samuel and John Slater1842 3 Almy, Joseph, promissory note to, from Samuel and John Slater1843 4 Almy, William, letter to John Slater1832 5 Almy (William) and Brown, Letters to John Slater1821, 1832 6 Anderson, James, letter to John Slater1823 7 Andrews, Thomas, promissory note to, from Samuel and John Slater1841 8 Beal, Samuel R., lease to, by Samuel and John Slater1839 9 Benthall, John O., letter to John Slater 1822 10 Bosworth, Richard J., lease to, by Samuel and John Slater1842 11 Bowers, Enoch J., promissory note to, from Samuel and John Slater1842 12 Brown, J.M. and M.D. Lewis, invoice (consignment to, by John Slater)1834 13 Bucklin, John, John Slater order, receipt1813, 1816 14 Clarke, William F., letters to John Slater1832-1833 15 Collyer, S.C., letter to John Slater1832 16 Croade, Nathaniel, bill to John Slater1804 17 Dorr, Samuel, letter to John Slater1823 18 Farnum, Caleb, letter to John Slater1823 19 Fearing and Hall, letter to John Slater1838 20 Ferguson, John, letter to Mr. Slater1832 21 Fletcher, E.W. (Samuel and John Slater), letter to John Slater -- accounts1821 22 Foss, Robert, letters to John Slater1820, 1833 23 Hayden, John, letter to "Sir"1823 24 Higginbottom, Thomas, letter to Samuel Slater1822 25 Huntington, Jedediah, letter to John Slater1834 26 Hutchins, Shubael, promissory note to, by Samuel and John Slater1843 27 Hyatt, Chad L., letter to John Slater1832 28 Jenkins, William, letter to John Slater1823 29 Jenks, Nathaniel, promissory note to, by Samuel and John Slater1842 30 Kimball, Arthur M., letter to John Slater1832 31 Kimball, Silas H., letter to John Slater1832 32 Lees, John, letters to John Slater1820, 1821, 1823 33 Lewis, M.D. (J. and M.B. and N.D. Lewis), letter to John Slater1823 34 Lockwood, A.D., bill1846 35 Mallery, Garrick (per Thomas King), letter to Almy, Brown, and Slater1823 36 Meston, William, letters to John Slater1814, 1815 37 Perkins, Mrs. Susan, promissory note to, by Samuel and John Slater (Joseph Almy)1842 38 Providence Dying, Bleaching and Calendering Co., promissory note to, by Samuel and John Slater1842 39 Providence Dying, Bleaching and Calendering Co., invoices to Samuel and John Slater1843 40 Rhode Island Court of Common Pleas -- Providence County -- arrest warrant -- Dawby, Joseph E. -- complaint of William Almy, Obadiah M. Brown, and Samuel and John Slater1816 41 Rogerson, Robert, letters to John Slater1816, 1820, 1823 42 Saunders, Israel, promissory notes to, by Samuel and John Slater1842 43 Shinkwin, Austin, letter to John Slater1821, 1823 44 Slater, John, letter to "Uncle"1832 45 Slater, John, check (Eagle Bank)1834 46 Slater, Samuel, letters to John Slater1808 47 Slater, Samuel, letter to John Slater1816 48 Slater, Samuel, letters to John Slater1823 49 Slater, H.N. (for Samuel Slater), letter to John Slater1833 50 Smith, Amos D., promissory notes to, by Samuel and John Slater1842 51 Smithfield Union Bank, promissory notes to, by Samuel and John Slater1842, 1843 52 Spring, George, letter to John Slater1832 53 Spring, John (and Co.), letters to John Slater1832, 1833 54 Sweeter, William and George Staples, lease to, by Samuel and John Slater1841 55 Taber, William B., lease to, by Samuel and John Slater1839 56 Tiffany, William, and Co., letter to John Slater1832 57 Tillinghast, Stephen (Marine Insurance Co.), letter to Joh Slater1832 58 Vaughan, Berry, letter to Slater1822 59 Village Bank, promissory notes to, by Samuel and John Slater1842, 1843 60 Waldo, H., and Co., letter to John Slater1832 61 Wardwell, George S., letters to John Slater1832, 1833 62 Waterman, Elisha H., bill to Samuel and John Slater1845 63 Whitney, William, account of sales for Samuel and John Slater1842 64 Wilkinson, David, and Co., letter to John Slater1823