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 61
here are twenty-three firms ofthread manufacturers given in the Directory for 1784, and onlythree in that of 1906-7—and even these three are now in realitycombined into one, 56 The Paisley Thread The family which has been longest connected with the threadtrade is that of Clark, dating (as far as… … Carlile Qua v. that his business as a maker of thread and heddle twine wascommenced before that date. According to the Directories, the family of Carlile hascarried on thread manufacture, under firms slightly differing inname, from 1784 till 1886, a period of one hundred and twoyears. It is…
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