Athens: Lime Industry, 1856
File — Case: MSS Vertical File Drawer One
Identifier: Folder 83
Scope and Contents
File contains an agreement made between Sylvester Nichols and William H. Day of Athens for an amount of lime to be produced during the 1856 season to be shipped from Nichols' dock in the Village of Athens. The agreement lists conditions each party must meet to satisfy the terms of the agreement to blast and burn the stone and transport it to the river for packaging and sale. The stone was quarried on the farm of Sylvester Nichols and burned in a kiln on the same property.
Dates
- Other: 1856
Extent
From the Collection: 15 Cubic Feet (Four vertical file cabinets comprising fifteen drawers holding paper documents grouped in folders by appropriate subject or creator, nominally sorted in alphabetical order.)
Repository Details
Part of the Vedder Research Library Repository