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H. H. Fenner : Original Billhead - H. H. Fenner, Providence, Rhode Island

Original billhead on beige paper with printed text and handwriting in black ink. Datelined January 13, 1863 in Providence, Rhode Island. 7" x 4 3/4." Billhead is very clean and intact. Paper has a few horizontal and vertical fold lines. A Fine copy. H. H. Fenner was a manufacturer of metal meshes and similar products that use a metal framework. The handwritten portions include the name of the buyer, the item(s) purchased, the price of the item(s), and acknowledgment of the buyer's payment. The buyer is "P. Whitin & Sons," who bought one dozen of one item. The printed text reads, "[Customer] Bought of H. H. Fenner, (Successor to G. Greenleaf & Co.) Wire Worker and Weaver, No. 150 Westminster Street. Brass, Copper and Iron Wire Cloth, of any Mesh, Width or Quality, made to Order." The following text lists some of the company's products: "Foundry Riddles, Sparker Wire Cloth, Picker Ditto, Netting for Cellar Windows and Sky-Lights, [Brass?] Netting for Ships, Coal and Sand Screens, Bird Cages, Forms for Vests and Shawls, Ornamental Window Screens, Squirrel Cages, Rat and Mouse Traps, Meal & Coal Sieves, Steak Broilers, Corn Parchers, Rocking Coal Sifters, &c. &c. Constantly on Hand or Made to Order." P. Whitin & Sons, was a cotton manufacturing company in Northbridge, Massachusetts. Paul Whitin (1767-1831) was a pioneering businessman and blacksmith who helped establish the Northbridge Cotton Manufacturing Company in 1809. The Whitinsville village of Northbridge is named after him. Paul and his relatives founded another cotton manufacturing company in 1815 called Whitin & Fletchers. Paul gained sole ownership of Whitin & Fletchers in 1826, and together with his sons Paul, Jr. and John, renamed the company P. Whitin & Sons. After the passing of their father in 1831, Paul, Jr. and John bought the Northbridge Manufacturing Company. Paul's two other younger sons, Charles and James, would later join P. Whitin & Sons. In 1864, the four brothers dissolved P. Whitin & Sons and sold the company store to their cousin, Paul Whitin Dudley, which was renamed P. W. Dudley & Company. Paul, Jr., John, Charles, and James went on to form their own companies. P. Whitin & Sons had also manufactured cotton machinery. James had invented a cotton picker machine that outperformed previous models. This invention helped propel his business, Whitin Machine Works (WMW), into prominence as one of the world's largest textile machinery companies. WMW, or "The Shop" as known to locals, was a mainstay in Whitinsville until 1966 when it was sold to White Consolidated Industries (WCI; formerly White Sewing Machine Company). In 1986, WCI was acquired by Electrolux, which operates to this day as a leading appliance manufacturer.. Ephemera. Book Condition: Collectible-Fine. Binding: No Binding

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