Peter W. Dean and Company Records
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of financial records (ex. bills, accounts) and business correspondence (ex. orders, shipping information) of the company's woolen mill in Grafton, VT. The missionary material documents donations to Baptist foreign missions arranged in part by Dean as the Treasurer of the Woodstock Baptist Association occasionally in support of a missionary named Mr. Brown.
Dates
- 1829-1864
Creator
- Peter W. Dean and Company (Creator, Organization)
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Manuscripts.
Biographical / Historical
Peter Worden Dean was born in Massachusetts in 1797 to Mary Worden (or Mercy Werden) Dean and Job Dean, a farmer. He married Philinda Willey (1798-1870) of Manchester, VT in 1819. They had six children, though one died in infancy.
They moved from Manchester to Grafton, VT in 1827. Dean partnered with a Mr. Alexander to build and run a woolen mill in Grafton in 1831. The building burned in 1839 and Mr. Alexander sold his interest. Dean expanded and added new equipment in 1854. In 1863 the company was incorporated and renamed Grafton Manufacturing Company. In 1867, E. S. Sabin Jr. of Saxton's River bought the property at auction for $4,000.
Peter W. Dean was active in state and local politics for the Whig Party. He was a Justice of the Peace, member of the Vermont House of Representatives, and Assistant Judge in Windham County (served about 1864-1870). Peter W. Dean died in 1879. He was buried in Grafton, VT with his wife and son Benjamin (1827-1864).
Extent
0.83 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection consists of financial records and business correspondence of the company's woolen mill in Grafton, VT.
Location
Library Research Annex; contact uvmsc@uvm.edu for access.
Bibliography
Child, Hamilton (compiler). Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windham County, VT., 1724-1888. (Syracuse, 1884). p. 192.
- Title
- Guide to the Peter W. Dean and Company Records
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2018 April
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Vermont Libraries, Special Collections Repository
Silver Special Collections Library
48 University Place, Room B201
Burlington Vermont 05405 U.S.A. US
(802) 656-2138
(802) 656-4038 (Fax)
uvmsc@uvm.edu
