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French River Inn Mechanicsville, Connecticut
Records, 1913-1923 Size: .5 ft. Catalog number: MSS 6 sg12a Processed by: Harold E. Kemble, Jr., August 1977 ©Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division |
Historical note:
The French River Inn was a boarding house located in the town of Thompson, Mechanicsville, Connecticut. It was operated as an adjunct to the French River Textile Company mill and the Sayles Farm, all owned by Frank A. Sayles. The inn served as a temporary quarters for transient mechanics and tradesman having business at the mill, for the general public, and possibly for some of the mill workers. Food served at the inn was purchased from the Sayles Farm. The French River Inn was sold in April, 1923.
Bibliography:
Rhode Island Historical Society, Manuscript Collections, MSS6, Sayles Finishing Plants, Sub-Groups 3, 12, and 12B.
Scope and content:
Provenance:
Sayles Finishing Plants, gift, 25 December 1971.
Processing note:
Inventory:
Cash Books
Item 1. Includes journal Jul 1913 - Jun 1918
Item 2. May 1917 - Apr 1920
Item 3. Jan 1920 - Jul 1923
Ledgers
Item 4. Jul 1913 - Dec 1919
Item 5. General Ledger Jan 1920 - Dec 1923
Journal Vouchers
Item 6. Jul 1918 - Dec 1923
Inventory
Item 7. April 1923
Subjects:
Business records - Connecticut - Mechanicsville.
French River Textile Company. Mechanicsville Branch.
Lodging-houses - Connecticut - Mechanicsville.
Sayles Farm.
Sayles Finishing Plants.
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