Business corrispondence

Archive

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Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

Name/Title

Business corrispondence

Entry/Object ID

2017.09.03

Scope and Content

2 Page letter from Monarch Knitting Co. Ltd. to Rosamond Woollen Co detailing measurments for varous orders of material. Both pages have a detailed logo of the Monarch Knitting Co. Ltd, including sketches of 3 of their factories. The corrispondence content itself is printed (typewritter) in blank ink that has faded to purple tones. These pages have been folded and due to this some small hols exist allong the center crease and at the top left corner of both pages. Transcription of the artifact is as follows: F. R. LALOR PRESIDENT CABLE ADDRESS “MONARCH” DUNNVILLE CODE A. B. C. 5TH EDITION J. A. BURNS, GENERAL MANAGER THE MONARCH KNITTING COMPANY, LIMITED MANUFACTURERS OF FINE KNITTED GOODS, HEAD OFFICE DUNNVILLE, CANADA FACTORIES AT DUNNVILLE, ONT. ST CATHERINES, ONT. ST. THOMAS, ONT. BUFFALO, N. Y. June 6th 1913. Messrs. Rosamond Woolen Co., Almonte, Ont. Gentlemen:- We are in receipt of your favour of June 3rd., and are mailing you enclosed herewith plan of the set of cards referred to in our correspondence. In reference to your several questions would say that the cylinders [“cylinders” may have originally been spelt “sylinders”] and strippers are wood, and style of Condensor is Ring Doffer. The Diameter of workers, breast, cylinders and doffers are as follows: 17 - 15” strippers 9 - 12” Workers 9 - 9” “ 5 - 50” Cylinders 3 - 50” Doffers 1 - 36” Doffer 2 - 20” Ring Doffers 5 - 12” Fancys. 5 - 6” Doffer strippers [the following is written on the second page] F. R. LALOR PRESIDENT CABLE ADDRESS “MONARCH” DUNNVILLE CODE A. B. C. 5TH EDITION J. A. BURNS, GENERAL MANAGER THE MONARCH KNITTING COMPANY, LIMITED MANUFACTURERS OF FINE KNITTED GOODS, HEAD OFFICE DUNNVILLE, CANADA FACTORIES AT DUNNVILLE, ONT. ST CATHERINES, ONT. ST. THOMAS, ONT. BUFFALO, N. Y. R.W.CO. Total space occupied by Carder - 42’ long x 12’ wide, “ “ “ “ Finisher 24’ “ x 12’ “ Length over all 70’ Average Production 450 lbs. 44 Grain Yarn per day of ten hours. We are prepared to sell this set at the price it cost us less freight and duty F.O.B. Almonte If interested we would be very glad to have you come to Dunnville and look over ser, as we are running it every day. Awaiting your further advice, we are, Yours truly, THE MONARCH KNITTING CO. LTD. J.A.B. -4. Letter Dictated but not Re-read.

Collection

Textile Industry, History

Cataloged By

Whit, Elizabeth

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Letter

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Business & finance, Wool industry

Search Terms

Correspondence/Letter, Business & Commerce, Rosamond Woollen Mill, The Monarch Knitting Company Limited, Business deals

Archive Details

Archive Notes

Date(s): June 6th 1913

Location

Location

Container

Archive Box 3

Shelf

1

Cabinet

Archive Cupboard

Room

Collections Room

Building

M.V.T.M.

Category

Permanent

Date

November 7, 2023

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: MacMillan, Lindsay Status Date: 2020-11-26

Created By

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Create Date

May 27, 2017

Updated By

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Update Date

November 12, 2023