Ives and Dunham Establish Willimantic Linen Company

Title

Ives and Dunham Establish Willimantic Linen Company

Description

With $75,000 in capital, Ives and Dunham found the Willimantic Linen Company. Until 1856, they produce linen within the 1828 Jillson mill.

Source

Thomas R. Beardsley, Willimantic Industry and Community: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Textile City (Willimantic, CT: Windham Textile & History Community, 1993), 19-20.

Date

1854-02-18

Contributor

horn_allen

Collection

Digital Windham

Citation

“Ives and Dunham Establish Willimantic Linen Company,” History Digitized, accessed March 12, 2026, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/738.