History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) (1922)
Boston : Frank P. Bennett · leaf 30
madewhich were granted by the State Assembly.The year I 788 marks the establishmentof the first cotton mill in the United States,at Beverly, Mass. George Cabot and others,of Beverly, furnished funds of which a mannamed Leonard and a partner, ThomasSomers, set up a complete set of machinesfor… … View of Early Lowell Mills the inventor of the Colt revolver, and Jere-miah Wadsworth, the largest stockholder.The society was organized in I 788. TheConnecticut Assembly exempted the enter-prise from taxation and offered a bounty ofone cent per pound on all cloths woven be-fore a fixed date. The…
Textile industry -- United States · Textile fabrics -- United States
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