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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | February 19, 1850 |
| From City | Worcester |
| From State | MA |
| To City | Boston |
| To State | MA |
| Addressee | John Aiken |
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| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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Notes
5c Red Brown (1). Large margins to just in at left, cancelled by blue grid, matching "Worcester Ms. Feb. 19" circular datestamp on blue folded letter datelined "West Boylestown 18th February 1850" to Boston Mass., stamp with corner crease at bottom left, otherwise Fine, ex Sampson
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale 853 Lot 2118 realized 210
Not listed in Alexander
John Aiken (1797-1867) was the treasurer of the Cocheco Manufacturing Co. at 71 Milk Street (1850 Boston City Directory). He graduated from Dartmouth (1819) and moved to Bennington Co., Vt. to practice law (1823-1834) then moved to Lowell (1834-1850) and then to Andover.
The first textile mills in Dover, N. H. had been built on the Upper Falls of the Cocheco River in 1815. The Cocheco Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1827 as a major textile and printworks operation that mainly manufactured calico (printed cotton cloth). By the 1850s, its sales were managed from Boston. The company was bought out by the Pacific Mills Co. in 1909 and discontinued all operations in Dover by 1937.
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale 853 Lot 2118 realized 210
Not listed in Alexander
John Aiken (1797-1867) was the treasurer of the Cocheco Manufacturing Co. at 71 Milk Street (1850 Boston City Directory). He graduated from Dartmouth (1819) and moved to Bennington Co., Vt. to practice law (1823-1834) then moved to Lowell (1834-1850) and then to Andover.
The first textile mills in Dover, N. H. had been built on the Upper Falls of the Cocheco River in 1815. The Cocheco Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1827 as a major textile and printworks operation that mainly manufactured calico (printed cotton cloth). By the 1850s, its sales were managed from Boston. The company was bought out by the Pacific Mills Co. in 1909 and discontinued all operations in Dover by 1937.
