Daniel Pidgeon Arrives in Willimantic

Title

Daniel Pidgeon Arrives in Willimantic

Description

Daniel Pidgeon arrives in Willimantic, an English engineer and travel writer. He became completely absorbed by the Willimantic Linen Company’s sprawling atmosphere and grows impressed by the likes of the man running it, William Barrows

Source

Thomas R. Beardsley, Willimantic Industry and Community: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Textile City (Willimantic, CT: Windham Textile & History Community, 1993), 34.

Date

1833

Contributor

dore_lindsey

Collection

Digital Windham

Citation

“Daniel Pidgeon Arrives in Willimantic,” History Digitized, accessed March 12, 2026, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/726.