William Sturgis

Along with report is included a "Statement of amounts sold by nineteen of the principal manuf'g companies, to persons or firms who have purchased upwards of fifteen thousand dollars in a year, for the past five years [1847-1851]"; companies covered are Great Falls Manufacturing Company, Lawrence Manufacturing Company, Tremont Manufacturing Company, Suffolk Manufacturing Company, Nashua Manufacturing Company, Salmon Falls Manufacturing Company, Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, Cocheco Manufacturing Company, Manchester Mills, Boott Manufacturing Company, Massachusetts Manufacturing Company, Chicopee Manufacturing Company, Perkins Manufacturing Company, Dwight Manufacturing Company, Cabot Manufacturing Company, Appleton Manufacturing Company, Atlantic Manufacturing Company, Hamilton Manufacturing Company, and Laconia Manufacturing Company.