Samuel Williston (button-maker)
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Samuel Williston (button-maker)
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Samuel Williston (1795–1874) was a farmer who started the manufacture of covered buttons in Easthampton, Massachusetts. These were initially made by hand as a cottage industry but he organised mechanisation of the process and established a substantial factory in Haydenville. This prospered and he went on to became a great businessman and philanthropist, establishing and endowing institutions such as Williston Seminary and Amherst College. He was a trustee of such institutions and also served in
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Button manufacturer and philanthropist
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Williston_(button-maker)
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2023-07-03T09:42:58Z
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2024-09-09T14:24:37Z
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