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J.P. Milliner and Company fonds
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Fonds
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1856-1860 (Creation)
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- J.P. Milliner and Company
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0.13 m of textual records
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Administrative history
J.P. Milliner and Company was situated at the "sign of the Broad Axe", Dickson's Block on Princess Street, Kingston, Ontario. Manufacturers of axes, blacksmiths' and carpenters' tools, and butchers' cleavers, J.P. Milliner also had a substantial contract with the Provincial Penitentiary, supplying tools for convict labour. The company imported many of their raw materials from the United States and England, manufactured their goods in Kingston and exported their finished products to customers in Ontario, Quebec and the U.S.A.. Much of their work was made to order and the company seems to have maintained a high standard of quality. The Kingston Directories show no entry for J.P. Milliner and Company after 1860; therefore it is assumed that the company changed location or went out of business at this point despite the fact that the company seems to have enjoyed a well-established reputation and to have prospered within the community and the colonies.
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The fonds consists of documents concerning labour relations of the time, including letters requesting employment, employee expense accounts, letters from the penitentiary regarding fees and the nature of quality labour, and an early wage dispute/settlement from an employee against J.P. Milliner and Company.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Purchased through Chancellor Richardson Memorial Fund - 1983
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- English
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2328
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Open
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Public domain
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No further accruals are expected