Selected Dates in Connecticut's History
1802- -Brass industry begun at Waterbury by Abel Porter and associates. 1806- -First important English dictionary in United States published by Noah Webster...
Amazon.com: "button factory": Key Phrase page
Abel Porter's brass-button factory on Mad River. With these beautiful thoughts in his head he didn't mind stumbling badly over the second Decree of... "...
JSTOR: Aspects of Labor Administration in the Early Nineteenth Century
The history of this company may be traced back to Abel Porter & Company, established in 1802, which was succeeded by Leavenworth, Hayden & Scovill in 1811...
Peddling in the Antebellum Economy:
In 1802 Abel and Levi Porter entered into partnership with Henry. Grilley and his two brothers under the name of Abel Porter and Com-...
The Scovill Manufacturing Company - The Lampworks
Brothers Abel and Levi Porter teamed up with the Grilley brothers, Henry, Silas and Samuel, in 1802 to form Abel Porter and Company...
Hooked on Buttons
*1802 - Abel Porter & Co. established in New England to make metal buttons as imported ones were scarce and expensive. First were cast of soft metal but the...
