Willimantic Linen Company Hires William Elliot Barrows

Title

Willimantic Linen Company Hires William Elliot Barrows

Description

Austin Dunham Jr., son of the Willimantic Linen Company founder, hires the progressive-minded William Barrows at the height of the company's success. Barrows begins his work as Assistant Treasurer in Hartford.

Source

Thomas R. Beardsley, Willimantic Industry and Community: The Rise and Decline of a Connecticut Textile City (Willimantic, CT: Windham Textile & History Community, 1993), 33.

Date

1874

Contributor

hall_tyler

Collection

Digital Windham

Citation

“Willimantic Linen Company Hires William Elliot Barrows,” History Digitized, accessed October 24, 2024, https://easternct-digitalhistory.com/items/show/770.