Hi All,
I received this from the President of the Windsor Historical Society.The
following is from a researcher in East Calais, Vermont.
"I am researching the New England Proctective Union, a consumer
co-operative movement of the 1850's. It began in Boston but spread
throughout New England. There were over 125 of these Union Stores or
"Divisions" as they were called, in Vermont. Division 245 was in Windsor,
1854-1863. Division 306 was in West Windsor, 1853-1867. Are there people in
your town who know of this? Do you know where this store was located ? Do
records of the stores transactions, its by-laws, or its membership lists
still exists ? Anything I might be allowed to photocopy ? Some divisions
sent large quantities of farm produce to Boston to the Central Agency to be
sold for them. Did your division to this this? I shall appreciate any
information you can send me."
If you have any answers to these questions or information in general about
the Union, please e-mail William Ballantyne, President, Windsor Historical
Society, at
mailto:SweaneyBal@aol.com
Mark Felone