Pepperell's Progress : History of a Cotton Textile Company, 1844–1945

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- TABLES -- EDITORS' INTRODUCTION -- AUTHOR'S PREFACE -- PART I. EARLY YEARS, 1844-1870 -- CHAPTER I. YANKEES ORGANIZE THE PEPPERELL MANUFACTURING COMPANY -- CHAPTER II. THE COTTON TEXTILE INDUSTRY IN NEW ENGLAND, 1775-1850 -- CHAPTER III. PURCHASING COTTON FOR PEPPERELL -- CHAPTER IV. OPERATING THE MILLS IN BIDDEFORD -- CHAPTER V. AN AGENCY HANDLES PEPPERELL'S SALES -- CHAPTER VI. FIRM FINANCIAL FOUNDATION -- PART II. MATURITY, 1870-1924 -- CHAPTER VII. HORIZONTA LAND VERTICAL EXPANSION -- CHAPTER VIII. MILL AGENTS CONTINUE ESTABLISHED PRACTICES -- CHAPTER IX. PEPPERELL SELECTS ANOTHER SELLING HOUSE -- CHAPTER X THE TREASURER IN HIS COUNTINGHOUSE -- PART III. REJUVENATION, 1924-1945 -- CHAPTER XI. REACHING AMERICAN CONSUMERS -- CHAPTER XII. FIN E GOODS IN THE NORTH -- CHAPTER XIII. COARSE GOODS IN THE SOUTH -- CHAPTER XIV. SUCCESS D U R I N G TROUBLED TIMES -- CHAPTER XV. EPILOGUE -- APPENDICES -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- INDEX