[Rarebooks] FS: 1870s Lawrence Woollen Co. Mills Card

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 From our new catalog:
“Jack of All Trades: A Survey of 19th Century American Business Cards”
<http://www.joslinhall.com/Catalog372.pdf>


58. [Textiles]  1870s Lawrence Woollen Co. Mills Card.    A handsome 
card for the Lawrence Woollen Co., which was founded in 1864 by Captain 
Oliver H. Perry, the 3rd son of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry of War of 
1812 fame. Captain Perry was a navy man himself, enlisting as a 
midshipman at age 14 and eventually serving in the Wilkes exploring 
expedition, and commanding a battery during the bombardment of Vera 
Cruz. After leaving the navy he worked as an agent for the Middlesex 
Mills in Lowell and of Bay State Mills in Lawrence, before striking out 
on his own and starting the Lawrence Woollen Co., which produced 
woolens, cloakings, suitings, and shawls. The mill was sold shortly 
after his death in 1886.  2.75”x4”. Some soil and wear, several pencil 
notes  [43189]  $60


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