The Paisley thread industry and the men who created and developed it, with notes concerning Paisley, old and new (1907)
Blair, Matthew, d. 1908 · Paisley, A. Gardner · leaf 54
A. Mr. Coats retired from active business in 1830, giving overthe manufacturing department to his partners and his sonWilliam, and placing the thread business in the hands of his The Coats Firm 49 sons James (1803-1845) and Peter (1808-1890), under the firmof J. & P. Coats. Shortly afterwards,… … Andhew CoAi-s, 1814-1900. a mercantile education in Glasgow, and Thomas had beentrained as an engineer. From that time, the firm of J. & P. Coats went steadily andsuccessfully forward, constandy extending, and supplying thehome and foreign markets. In 1840, three-fourths of theirtrade was with…
Cotton manufacture · Thread
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