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D. J. Foster and Company : Original Billheads - D. J. Foster and Company, Boston, Massachusetts

Two original billheads on beige paper with printed text and handwriting in black ink. Datelined October 29, 1855 and January 22, 1858 in Boston, Massachusetts. 1855 billhead measures 7 3/4" x 7." 1858 billhead measures 7 3/4" x 4 3/4." Billheads are very clean and intact. Paper has a few horizontal and vertical fold lines. Two Fine copies. 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. Several items were purchased including vests and a "Mohair Braid." The printed text reads, "[Customer] Bought of D. J. Foster & Co. Manufacturers of Covered and Bone, and Dealers in all kinds of Buttons, Suspenders, Sewing Silk, Twist, Thread, Bindings, Tailors' Crayons, &c., &c. D. J Foster. L. E. Sibley." The street addresses differ; one is "No. 24 Milk Street, (Sewall Block.)"; the other is "Chambers 79 Milk, corner Federal St." The buyer, 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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