Singer Manufacturing Company Records, 1850-circa 1975

Container Title
Subseries: Correspondence
Unbound
Scope and Content Note: The unfilmed, unbound legal correspondence consists of foreign and domestic letters dating from the 1890s, with the foreign correspondence being made up primarily of letters from the London solicitor Gilbert Wansbrough.
Domestic
Box   163
Folder   1-8
1867-1896, I
Box   164
Folder   1-7
1896, II-1899
Box   165
Folder   1-5
1900-1904, undated
Foreign
Box   165
Folder   6-8
1891-1897, I
Box   166
Folder   1-4
1897, II-1901
Letterbooks
Micro 2014
Incoming
Scope and Content Note: The microfilmed incoming legal letterbooks consists of ten volumes covering the period from 1866 to 1880. They include letters from domestic and foreign agents, offices, factories, customers, competitors, and attorneys concerning legal matters. Typical topics include outstanding debts, correspondence with debtors, errors in business reports, damage claims, patent infringements, and Singer property and leases. The majority of these letters are addressed to the corporate office in New York City, although a few items are personally addressed to John Crow and S.A. Bennett.
Reel   274
Vol. [1]: , 1866 May 26-1868 April 29
Reel   275
Vol. 2: , 1868 April 9-1870 February 28
Reel   276
Vol. [3]: , 1870 January 24-July 20
Reel   277
Vol. 4: , 1870 July 20-May 15
Reel   278
Vol. 5: , 1871 May 13-July 10
Reel   279
Vol. [6]: , 1872 July 13-1873 December 31
Reel   280
Vol. [7]: , 1874 January 2-1875 August 18
Reel   281
Vol. 8: , 1875 August 19-1877 July 3
Reel   282
Vol. [9]: , 1877 July 3-1879 August 29
Reel   283
Vol. 10: , 1879 January 25-1880 July 29
Micro 2013
Outgoing
Reel   219
Vol. 1: , 1866 May-1868 December
Reel   220
Vol. 2: , 1868 December-1870 May
Reel   221
Vol. 3: , 1870 June-1871 April
Reel   222
Vol. 4: , 1871 April-1872 June
Reel   223
Vol. 5: , 1872 June-1873 October
Reel   224
Vol. 6: , 1873 October-1874 November
Reel   225
Vol. 7: , 1874 November-1876 September
Reel   226
Vol. [8]: , 1876 September-1877 November
Vol. [9]: , 1877 November-1879 October (missing)
Reel   227
Vol. 16: , 1884 February-1885 July
Reel   228
Vol. 17: , 1885 July-1886 April
Reel   229
Vol. 18: , 1886 April-1887 May
Reel   230
Vol. [19]: , 1887 May-1888 April
Reel   231
Vol. [20]: , 1888 April-1889 May
Reel   232
Vol. [21]: , 1889 May-1890 September
Reel   233
Vol. 22: , 1890 September-1891 December
Reel   234
Vol. [23]: , 1891 December-1892 November
Reel   235
, 1896 March-1906 (Dunnell construction correspondence)