Whip
- Object Name:
- Whip
- Creator:
- David & Melendy
- Date:
- circa1850
- Dimensions:
- H-8 W-7 inches
- Description:
- Buggy whip made in the David & Melendy Whip Factory in Amherst.
Samuel B. Melendy and Barnabas B. David operated a whale-bone whip manufacturing business in the building at 110 Boston Post Rd (behind Moulton’s Market) from 1831 to 1870. They were one of the largest employers in Amherst at the time and had sales offices in Boston, New York and New Orleans. They were the first and the last national-scale manufacturing business in Amherst until the late twentieth century. - Subjects:
- Whips
- People:
- David, Barnabas Bradt, Melendy, Samuel B
- Collection Name:
- Whip Factory
- Item Number:
- 1971.69.1
- Accession Number:
- 1971.69
- Type of Material:
- Objects
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- Participating Organization:
- Historical Society of Amherst, NH
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