Rhodes & Smith Woollen Factory. Printed receipt, signed by Dorrance
Pawtuxet: July 25, 1818. Manuscript receipt (approx. 2¾" x 7½"), ink bright and legible. From the earliest beginnings of the textile industry in Rhode Island. Rhodes & Smith were the well-known Christopher and William Rhodes and Elisha P. Smith (1777-1832). The Rhodes brothers, who advertised as spinners, clothiers, and carders..... More