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Wamsutta Mills is a former textile manufacturing company and current brand offering sheets, towels, bedding and other household products. Founded by Thomas Bennett, Jr. on the banks of the Acushnet River in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1846 and opened in 1848, Wamsutta Mills was named after Wamsutta , the son of a Native American chief who ...
Wamsutta (c. 1634–1662), also known as Alexander Pokanoket, as he was called by New England colonists, was the eldest son of Massasoit (meaning Great Leader) Ousa Mequin of the Pokanoket Tribe and Wampanoag nation, and brother of Metacomet.
The United American Indians of New England (UAINE) is a Native American activist organization founded by Frank "Wamsutta" James (Aquinnah Wampanoag, 1924-2001). [1] He founded the organization in 1970 [2] after being “uninvited” to make a speech at a celebration hosted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The Wamsutta Club is a private social club in New Bedford, Massachusetts, founded in 1866. It was a club for the affluent members of New Bedford's community, which at the time was supported by the flagging whaling industry as well as the up-and-coming textiles .
Wamsutta Oil Refinery was established around 1861 in McClintocksville in Venango County near Oil City, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It was the first business enterprise of Henry Huttleston Rogers (1840–1909), who became a famous businessman, industrialist and financier.
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On 4 February 1865, Wamsutta and Potomska ran another schooner aground, but the crew of the potential prize burned the ship before the Federals could take possession of her. Finally, two days later, Wamsutta turned back a blockade runner attempting to reach Charleston. Late in April, Wamsutta was reassigned to duty off St. Simon's Island, Georgia.
Jeremy Taylor (1943 – January 3, 2018 [2]) was an American dream worker, author and Unitarian Universalist minister. [3] He was a co-founder and past president of the International Association for the Study of Dreams.