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 . no interest in the Warwick mill, was not at allpleased by Allens investigation, and, when Allen attemptedto measure some of the machines, took hold of him andthreatened to throw him out of the window. Obadiah, whowas a partner of Slater, as well as of Allen, took the meas-ure from Allen, saying, *I will finish thy work, and I willsee if Samuel will serve me as he did thee. Slater did notcare to attack his own partner. The measurements weretaken, and the Warwick
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 . no interest in the Warwick mill, was not at allpleased by Allens investigation, and, when Allen attemptedto measure some of the machines, took hold of him andthreatened to throw him out of the window. Obadiah, whowas a partner of Slater, as well as of Allen, took the meas-ure from Allen, saying, *I will finish thy work, and I willsee if Samuel will serve me as he did thee. Slater did notcare to attack his own partner. The measurements weretaken, and the Warwick mill was thereby equipped withbetter machines. The second cotton mill in the Rehoboth part of Paw-tucket was built in 1805 by those who took the name Paw-tucket Cotton and Oil Manufacturing Company. As itwas of wood painted yellow, it was known as the YellowMill to distinguish it from the White Mill of SamuelSlater & Co. just above it, and the Green Mill of Almy,Brown & Slater across the river. It started in the fallof 1805, and its business was so remunerative that its ownersbuilt a mill called the Stone Mill in MOSES BROWN THE STORY OF TEXTILES 179 OTHER MILLS START Benjamin S. Walcott, who had worked on the construc-tion of Slaters first mill, with Rufus and Elisha Watermanerected a mill at Cumberland, , in 1802. Anotherworkman, Charles Robbins, built the first mill for cottonmanufacturing in New Hampshire at New Ipswich, on theSouhegan River, and it started on Dec. 15, 1804, four andone-half pounds of yarn being spun, which sold for $ original proprietors of this first mill were CharlesBarrett and Robbins. Daniel Brooks, who had been em-ployed in the mill at New Ipswich, , erected in 1807the second cotton mill in New Hampshire, a short distancebelow the first mill. It subsequently came into the handsof Seth Mason, Jesse Holbin, and Samuel Batchelder. Thesetwo, the first cotton mills in New Hampshire, containedabout five hundred spindles each. Another e
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