M.C.D. Borden


Matthew Chaloner Durfee Borden , was a textile leader from Fall River, Massachusetts who, in 1880 reorganized the failed American Print Works into the American Printing Company. In the years that followed, his company would grow to become the largest clothprinting company in the world, earning him the nickname the Calico King. His father was Colonel Richard Borden, who founded the Fall River Iron Works.

Matthew was born in Fall River, Massachusetts on July 18, 1842. He was the son of prominent local businessman Richard Borden and Abby Durfee Borden.

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