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Description
This letter is from the American Net and Twine Company to P. D. Hatch, giving specifications on what type of product the company wanted P.D Hatch's employees to produce.
The Hatch family started a netting businesses on Islesboro in 1888. Twine was shipped to Islesboro and distributed to "knitters" who were given instructions on what to make. These knitters often worked from home and then turned in the final product to the Hatches, who then shipped the products to the companies that ordered them. The 1938 Federal Minimum Wage and Hour law put an end to this $5000 yearly industry and put approximately 100 people out of work.
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About This Item
- Title: Business Letter, Islesboro, 1898
- Creator: American Net and Twine Company
- Creation Date: 1898-03-22
- Subject Date: 1898
- Location: Islesboro, Waldo County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: RC 44
- Object Type: Text and Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Cottage industries--Maine--Islesboro
- Netting--Maine--Islesboro
- Letters
- Correspondence
- Fishing industry--Equipment and supplies--Maine--Islesboro
- Fishing nets--Maine--Islesboro
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Islesboro Historical SocietyPO Box 301, 388 Main Road, Islesboro, ME 04848
(207) 734-6733
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