The Winterthur Library

The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: Holder White

Title: Papers

Dates: 1841-1878, 1850-1859 (bulk)

Call No.: Col. 31

Acc. No.: 88x184, 88x185

Quantity: 5 folders

Location: 13 A 5

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Holder White and Holder White, Jr., were residents of Westport, Massachusetts. They manufactured wagons there in the third quarter of the nineteenth century.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

This collection contains bills, accounts, receipts, and invoices for goods and services purchased by the Whites. Most of the purchases were for wagon parts (e.g., axles, spokes, rims) or for work done on wagons (e.g. "painting and varnishing wagons," "ironing waggon," "mending springs," etc.). Some bills are for foodstuffs, paint, and labor.

The suppliers included individuals and firms in New Bedford and Boston, Massachusetts. The names taken from the documents are listed below in alphabetical order, while the papers themselves are filed chronologically.

ORGANIZATION

The papers are in chronological order.

PROVENANCE

Purchased from Carmen Valentino.

ACCESS POINTS

Topics:

Carriage and wagon making - Massachusetts - Westport.

Carriage and wagon painting - Massachusetts - Westport.

Carriage industry - Massachusetts - Westport.

Carriage manufacturers and dealers - Massachusetts - Westport.

Wagons - Massachusetts - Westport.

Business records - Massachusetts - Westport.

Bills (financial).

Invoices.

Receipts.

Accounts.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Location: 13 A 5

Adix, A. F.

Allen, Cornelius T.

Anthony & Macomber

Anthony J. L.

Borden, Stephen

Brownell, Geo. G.

Brownell, J.

Bucklin, Daniel D.

C. A. Church & Co.

Chester Pratt & Son

Dana, Edward

Dodge, Gilbert & Co.

Dodge, Solomon H.

Farmer & Rogers

Foster & Colburn

Gammons & Sisson

Gammons, M. E.

Gifford, E. B.

Gifford, George H.

Hammond, Manson & Co.

Hathaway, A.

Hathaway, Albert

Henry Taylor & Co.

J. Quigley's Furniture Warehouse (James)

Lawton, Eli P.

Little, Benjamin

Pierce, H.

Pierce, J. H.

Pratt, Rogers & Co.

Richmond, J. B.

Sisson, Wm. A.

Thompson, Joseph

Tripp, James M.

United States

Waite, D. H. (Daniel)

Watkins, W. & G. D.

Watkins, Wm.

White, Christopher

White, Holder, Jr.

White, S. A.

White, Wm. G.

Winchester & White

Wilcox, Wm.