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 93
r the good of the community, freeof charge. This endowment was further augmented by hiseldest son, Mr. James Coats, Junr., of Ferguslie, in 1892, by^3,000, and again, in 1901, by _;^2,ooo, so that the total en-dowment now amounts to ^10,000, 88 The Paisley Thread This magnificent gift was only the… … Free Public LinnARY and Musextm. funds prevented any action, till the problem was solved in anunexpected way. On 2 2ncl January, 1867, it was announced thatMr. Peter Coats intended to build and present to the town a fiDueeum anb Xibrar\>. The Libraries Act was adopted by the community on 28th…
Cotton manufacture · Thread
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