Inklings: John Wilkins Carter and The Carter's Ink Company

by Michael French Metcalf

Overview

Michael French Metcalf is a member of the Carter family of New England. Educated at Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts, and the University of Pennsylvania, he also served in the US Navy. He received master's and PhD degrees in civil engineering from Stanford University. Following a lengthy career in the petroleum industry, he entered public service for the Town of Moraga, California, his home for many years. Since 1999, he has been an officer of the Carter Family Corporation in Boston, the successor company to The Carter's Ink Company and The Carter's Ink Company?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781887043687
Publisher:	White River Press
Publication date:	05/30/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	100
File size:	33 MB
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Age Range:	10 - 18 Years

About the Author

Michael French Metcalf is a member of the Carter family of New England. Educated at Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts, and the University of Pennsylvania, he also served in the US Navy. He received master’s and PhD degrees in civil engineering from Stanford University. Following a lengthy career in the petroleum industry, he entered public service for the Town of Moraga, California, his home for many years. Since 1999, he has been an officer of the Carter Family Corporation in Boston, the successor company to The Carter’s Ink Company and The Carter’s Ink Company?

Table of Contents

Foreword i

Preface iii

Chapter 1 Thomas Carter and Colonial New England 1

Chapter 2 Boston’s Evolution: Political, Commercial, Spiritual 41

Chapter 3 The Carter Brothers: Timothy Harrington and Richard Bridge 79

Chapter 4 John Wilkins Carter in the Civil War: Through February 1864 104

Chapter 5 Campaign with Grant: March 1864 through War’s End 142

Chapter 6 Beginnings: Ink and Paper, Paper and Ink 186

Chapter 7 The Phoenix: Carter, Dinsmore & Co. 207

Chapter 8 John Wilkins Carter’s Family and Community 238

Chapter 9 James Richard Carter: Loyal Brother, Man of His Own 274

Chapter 10 The Carter’s Ink Company 306

Chapter 11 Next Generation: Richard and Philip 341

Chapter 12 Next Generation: Margaret and Lucy 360

Chapter 13 Centennial and Hubley’s Gentle Hand 388

Chapter 14 New Owner and a New Business 417

Chapter 15 Reflections and Conclusions 436

Acknowledgements 461

Appendix Margaret and Lucy 465

Notes 487

Bibliography 557

Index 569