Eaton & Wilson Company

Eaton & Wilson was incorporated in the state of Connecticut. In Medway, Massachusetts, the westerly end of what is now Canal Street (so-called because it was built over a filled-in canal), stood Captain William Feltt's cotton mill. Next came three Barber Mills, a textile grouping that was later known as the Eaton and Wilson Mills.

A network of canals furnished waterpower to the mills in this area starting near Sanford Street and ending near Walker Street. Only the dry beds of these canals now remain.

Next after the Eaton & Wilson Mills came the first wadding mill of 1817, owned by Eaton & Wilson at a later date. Above this mill, on Village Street, and nearly opposite School Street was the J. W. Thompson Boot Factory, built in 1873. The shop was originally built for the boot manufacturing firm of Parsons & Seavey by Messrs. Eaton and Wilson. Parsons & Seavey never occupied the building, and it was unoccupied for several years after the Thompson firm left it to move to Millis.


Certificate: Capital Stock, unissued/uncanceled, early 1900’s

Printer: Broun-Green Company

Dimensions: 8 1/2” (h) x 11 1/2” (w)

State: CT-Connecticut

Subject Matter: Textiles and Related | Unissued Pieces

Vignette Topic(s): Allegorical Featured | Cherub Subject

Condition: No fold lines or cancels, and some toning from age.