Walter, Cobb and Company Account Book

00-1973-68-38

Collection

Identifier: 00-1973-68-38

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Walter, Cobb and Company account book (1973-68-38) provides information on cash transactions of a woolen manufacturer. There is blotting paper throughout the book. Currently housed in 3B Box 6.

Dates

created: 1818-1824
Other: Date acquired: 01/09/1973

Creator

Walter, Cobb & Co (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection are in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Biographical / Historical

Walter, Cobb, and Company was a woolen manufacturer in Goshen, Connecticut. The company operated from 1814-1826. The company sold broadcloth in Philadelphia. In 1814, Lewis M. Norton became a parter in the firm and he remained until it closed, inventing a power loom the company used in manufacturing in Wolcottville (Torrington) CT. Norton had previously manufactured pineapple cheese. See "History of the town of Goshen, Connecticut, with genealogies and biographies based upon the records of Deacon Lewis Mills Norton, 1897" by A. G. (Augustine George) Hibbard and Lewis Mills Norton, 1897 for more information.