Lamb's textile industry of the United States, embracing biographical sketches of prominment men and a historical résumé of the progress of textile manufacture from the earliest records to the present (14781972935)

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Title: Lamb's textile industry of the United States, embracing biographical sketches of prominment men and a historical résumé of the progress of textile manufacture from the earliest records to the present time;
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Brown, John Howard, 1840-1917 Foster, E. Everton Norris, Edith Mary, b. 1858
Subjects: Textile industry -- United States Industrialists
Publisher: Boston, Mass., James H. Lamb company
Contributing Library: Claire T. Carney Library, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Digitizing Sponsor: Claire T. Carney Library, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth



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e patenting of the re-ciprocating loom temple by E. & W. W. Dutcher in 1852 led to the pur-chase of Elihu Dutchers interest by the Drapers in 1854 and the forma-tion of the partnership of W. W. Dutcher & Co. for the manufacture ofDutcher temples. In 1856 this business was moved to Hopedale. In thisyear also, on the giving up of its business operations by the Hopedale Com-munity, the Drapers joined with Joseph B. Bancroft in forming the Hope-dale Machine Company, a partnership, manufacturing various patented im-provements in cotton machinery, sold by E. D. & G. Draper. The Hopedale Furnace Company was organized in 1856 as anotherpartnership, to furnish castings used in the Hopedale industries. In 1867 the corporations of the Hopedale Machine Company and Hope-dale Furnace Company were organized to replace the partnerships undersame names, and the Dutcher Temple Company succeeded the firm of W.W. Dutcher & Co. In 1868 William F. Draper, son of George Draper, purchased the
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OF THE UNITED STATES 421 interest of E. D. Draper in the firm of E. D. & G. Draper, and the namewas changed to Geo. Draper & Son. This became George Draper & Sonsin 1877 by the admission of George A. Draper. Later Eben S. Draper,William F. Draper, Jr., and George Otis Draper were admitted to the firm,the name remaining the same. In 1892 the Northrop Loom Company was organized to develop tlieinventions of James H. Northrop, Charles F. Roper and others in auto-matic looms. In 1896 the corporation of Draper Company was organizedby consolidation of the Hopedale Machine Company, Dutcher Temple Com-pany, Hopedale Machine Screw Company, the United States interests ofthe Northrop Loom Company and the firm of George Draper & Sons.William F. Draper was chosen president; Joseph B. Bancroft, vice-presi-dent; George A. Draper, treasurer; Eben S. Draper, agent; George OtisDraper, secretary; Eben D. Bancroft, purchasing agent; Frank J. Dutcher,assistant agent, and Charles M. Day, gen