Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letters of O.D. Filley and G. F[rank] Filley, St. Louis, and S. Wing to Oliver Filley in Hartford, Conn. Discussion of tin business, friends, etc. Individuals mentioned: Seth Peck, Bulkley, Brown, and John Goodwin. (Gift of Wilbur J. Filley, San Marina, Calif., October 25, 1954), 1836
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers consist mainly of correspondence of Oliver D. and Giles F. Filley to their family in Connecticut, relating to early ventures in the tin and stove manufacturing business. Giles F. Filley's firm, the Excelsior Manufacturing Company, made the famous "Charter Oak" cooking stove. Also includes records pertaining to affairs and public service of Chauncey Ives Filley. These include Chauncey I. Filley's letterbook, 1862, containing only two letters, one of which discusses railway routes...
Dates:
1836