The history of the town of Dorchester, Massachusetts, By a committee of the Dorchester antiquarian and historical society ...

632 HISTORY OF DORCHESTER.
of it to Mr. Hollingsworth, who associated himself
with Edmund Tileston. Mr. T., prior to that time,
had been carrying on the business at Needham,
although a native of Dorchester, and had served
his time with Leeds and McCarney, at the Lower
Mills.. r. Boies retained an interest in the business, in consideration of the use of the mill and
some capital furnished, his name not appearing in
the firm. Thus arranged, the firm carried on the
manufacture of paper until December 23d, 1805,
when the mill was consumed by fire. This event
severed Boies from all connection with the other
partners, who hired a paper-mill of William Sumner, and there went to work.
Some points of difference between Boies and Capen had been overlooked in their settlement in 1794,
and a second indenture, defining their rights, was
entered into December 24th, 1808. The privilege
lay dormant for several years after the fire.
July 4th, 1811, an incorporated company, styled
the Dorchester Cotton and Iron Company, purchased
the privilege of Mr. Boies, and immediately commenced putting up a cotton-mill-intending, at a
future day, to add a mill for turning and finishing
up iron to be used in machinery. Mr. Boies was
appointed agent of the company. As soon as the
building was completed and the machinery in, the
company commenced the manufacture of cotton cloth.
From the first their business was successful, proving
a paying concern to its owners, and a blessing to the
community around them, as it furnished much work
for the women and children in the neighboring