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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | March 20, 1850 |
| From City | Providence |
| From State | RI |
| To City | Whitinsvillw |
| To State | MA |
| Addressee | P. W. Dudley |
| Cert Author | |
| Cert # | |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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Notes
1 Franklin Imperf Used Stamp on Cover Providence RI to Whitinsville MA
Hipstamps (buystamps)
Not listed in Alexander
Scott #1, not tied, red circular cancels on March 20 1850 letter from Providence RI to Whitinsville
Letter to P. W. Dudley in care of Paul Whitin & Sons from S. & W. Foster & Co.
Samuel and William Foster were grocers at 19 Canal (1850 Providence directory)
Paul Whitin Dudley (1817-1872). P. Whitin & Sons operated cotton mills and cotton machinery manufacturing plants around Northbridge, Massachusetts, throughout the early 19th century, and had a large influence in the company town of Whitinsville. Dudley ran the company's store after 1846, and dealt primarily with merchants in Boston, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island.
Business correspondence of the firm is housed at the University of Michigan William L. Clements Library. Other letters include receipts for oysters, fish, candies, wooden goods, and other items purchased by P. Whitin & Sons and by Paul Whitin Dudley in the mid-19th century.
Hipstamps (buystamps)
Not listed in Alexander
Scott #1, not tied, red circular cancels on March 20 1850 letter from Providence RI to Whitinsville
Letter to P. W. Dudley in care of Paul Whitin & Sons from S. & W. Foster & Co.
Samuel and William Foster were grocers at 19 Canal (1850 Providence directory)
Paul Whitin Dudley (1817-1872). P. Whitin & Sons operated cotton mills and cotton machinery manufacturing plants around Northbridge, Massachusetts, throughout the early 19th century, and had a large influence in the company town of Whitinsville. Dudley ran the company's store after 1846, and dealt primarily with merchants in Boston, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island.
Business correspondence of the firm is housed at the University of Michigan William L. Clements Library. Other letters include receipts for oysters, fish, candies, wooden goods, and other items purchased by P. Whitin & Sons and by Paul Whitin Dudley in the mid-19th century.
