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A one-page letter of January 28, 1936, from Sumner Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan, to W. B. Pratt of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in Boston, confirming by letter the number of employees at each division, with the number of "girls": the Raybestos Division 818 (54), Manhattan Rubber Mfg. 2,182 (64), United States Asbestos 667 (25), General Asbestos & Rubber at Charleston 296 (30) and Canadian Raybestos 59 (5). The figures left out the office force; someone added totals of 4,022 and 178 by hand.
- Author
- Sumner Simpson
- Sent to
- W. B. Pratt
- Published by
- Raybestos-Manhattan
- Series
- The Sumner Simpson Papers
- Date
- January 28, 1936
- Number
- Simpson no. 02826
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 13569 · asbestosclaims.law/library/13569
- Rights
- Republished under fair use for research and historical study.
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Confirms number of employees at various divisions. Breaks employees into categories of "total number of employees" and "girls."
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This is document 02826 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.
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“Sumner Simpson to W. B. Pratt of Metropolitan Life on Employee Numbers by Division.” January 28, 1936. The Sumner Simpson Papers, Simpson no. 02826. Raybestos-Manhattan. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 13569. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/13569.
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