Industrial Revolution--United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Watkinson Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Watkinson family papers
Abstract
This collection includes correspondence, journals, diaries, business records, legal documents, photographs, and watercolor paintings of the Watkinson family; a prominent Middletown, Connecticut family involved in textile production during the early portion of the 19th century. The records begin in 1795 with Samuel Watkinson Sr. (1745-1816), his wife, and twelve children who immigrated to the United States to escape religious persecution in Lavenham, England due to their dissenting views of...
Dates:
1795 - 1873
Found in:
Watkinson Library - Archival Collections