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Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739. 11 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Textile fabrics (search)
ceeded in introducing that industry, with very imperfect machinery. A woollen factory was in operation in Hartford, Conn., in 1789, and in 1794 one was established in Byfield, Mass. The same year a carding-machine for wool was first put into operation in the United States. It was constructed under the direction of John and Arthur Schofield. Samuel Slater (q. v.) may be considered the father of cotton manufacturing in the United States. But his operations were only in spinning the yarn. It remained for a citizen of the United-States, Francis C. Lowell, a merchant of Boston, to introduce the weaving of cotton cloth here. He invented a power loom, and in 1812 he and Francis S. Jackson erected a mill in Waltham, Mass. The machinery was constructed by Paul Moody. After many failures and alterations, they succeeded in perfecting looms that worked well, and in 1813 they had also a spinning-wheel, with 1,300 spindles. Slater's Rhode Island mill had then only 144 spindles. See cotton.
Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739., January 15, 1738. (search)
tarian Congregational Church was organized September 28, 1820, with eighteen members, as the church of the Second Religious Society of Waltham, under which name Paul Moody and forty-eight others were incorporated June 17, 1820. An ecclesiastical council was convened October 29, 1820, at the house of Jonathan C. Merrill. They votmploying a man to turn a crank. After several months he achieved success, and in the autumn of 1814 a power loom was put in successful operation in Waltham. Mr. Paul Moody,To the efforts of his self-taught mind, the early prosperity of the great manufacturing establishments at Waltham and Lowell is, in no small degree, owing.—Edhat the new company was really but an extension of the old at a point where better facilities were offered for the successful establishment of calico printing. Paul Moody held ten per cent of the stock of the Merrimack Company, and moved from Waltham to Lowell to take charge of the manufacture of machinery. Between 1829 and 18
Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739., Index. (search)
4 n. 3. Davenport, Ensign, Richard, 41; Truecross, 41 n. 4. Davis, Seth, 126. Day, Stephen, first printer in New England, 47. Dead spindle invented by Paul Moody, 131. Deaths, 200 in eight months after arrival, 16. Dedham, land granted to, 20, 24 n. 2; 79. Deer park, 96. Deerfield attacked in 1665, 61. Deeolicits and obtains a royal charter, 10. Dorchester fields, first landing in Watertown, 14. Dorsetshire, colonists from, 13. Double speeder invented by Paul Moody, 131. Draft from the militia, 102. Driftway (the), now Gore St., 51. Drinking of healths abolished, 33. Dudley, Thomas, chosen Deputy-Governor Mass.s, 27. Mohegans aid English in the Pequot War, 43. Monoco, John, his boast, 62; hung with eight others, 62. Moore, Maj., Uriah, paper-maker, 86, 91. Moody, Paul, 112; engaged as machinist, 130; moved to Lowell, 133. Mortality, bill of, 108. Morton, Nathaniel, 37. Morton, Thomas, sent to England, 38. Mouse and