Wamsutta Mills is a former textile manufacturing company and current brand offering sheets, towels, bedding and other household products.

Following Bed Bath & Beyond's bankruptcy in 2023[2], the brand assets were acquired by Indo Count Global[3], with plans to relaunch in 2025 selling direct to consumers online.

[4] By mid-1847, Bennett raised $160,000 for the mill, mostly in small investments of ten shares or less from skeptical New Bedford businessmen who were unfamiliar with the textile industry.

The first meeting of the stockholders was held in 1847 and Joseph Grinnell was elected president and Thomas Bennett Jr., who had served as the superintendent of the Wamsutta Mills from 1846 until 1874, the secretary.

David Whitman of Rhode Island served as an advisor during the construction and setup of the mill, which was initially fitted with 10,000 spindles, with room for 5,000 more.

A third mill, a duplicate of the second, was built in 1860–1861 outfitted in 1862 and opened in 1865; the delay was due to the Civil War and labor and product shortages.

Shortly after, and production of percale fabric began (New Bedford is known to be the first city in the United States to make fine cotton).

[8] Joseph Grinnell remained on until 1885 when he died at the age of 96; and Andrew G. Pierce, William Wallace Crapo, Oliver Prescott, and Charles F. Broughton successively took his place.

By this time, the company operated a total of 229,000 spindles and 4,310 looms, in a city with numerous large spinning and weaving mills.

Additionally, they manufactured a new product called Lustercale, a blend of 60% cotton and 40% high strength Avril rayon.

Furthermore, because of the wars, they tailored their products for hot air balloons, gas mask fabric, military uniforms, and supplies.