182 years ago the foundation was put in place for one of the world’s largest conglomerates. And it all started in a little town in Massachusetts. This episode, we’re headed down the Berkshire Hathaway rabbit hole to figure out how one boat ride from London to New York set off the events that would lead Warren Buffet to owning one of the most well-known businesses in the nation. Strap in for the journey as we talk cotton mills, sibling rivalries, and blind revenge.

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Books

Elizabeth Buffman Chace, 1806-1899: Her Life and Its Environment by Lillie Buffum Chace Wyman

Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. by Seabury Stanton

Memoir of Samuel Slater by George S. White

The Textile American, Volumes 9-10

Websites

Greener Pastures

Explore Adams

Find a Grave

Britannica

National Parks Service

Articles

The Berkshire Bunch

Warren Buffett’s $200B Berkshire Blunder and the Valuable Lesson He Learned

Berkshire Hathaway, The Legacy of a Yankee Carpenter

Nylon: A Revolution in Textiles

Videos

Berkshire Cotton Mfg. Co., Adams, Massachusetts, circa 1917