The story of textiles; a bird's-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed (1912)
Walton, Perry, 1865-1941 · Boston, Mass., J. S. Lawrence · leaf 240
. As it was not successful, cotton took the place ofwool, but this, too, failed to pay, and finally in 1800 workstopped. After being with the Newburyport Woolen Mill for aboutfive years, John Scholfield in 1789 hired for fourteen yearswater power on the Oxoboro River in Montville, Conn.,moved… … THE STORY OF TEXTILES 167 year he fitted up a factory he had bought at Stonington,Conn., and operated it. In the mean time Arthur Scholfield, who had gone toPittsfield in 1800, built a woolen mill there, and startedoperations in November, 1801; and on Nov. 2, 1801, hisfirst advertisement appeared…
Textile industry
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