History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . ny of Philadelphia for Pro-moting American Manufactures. Christo-pher Marshall, chairman of the organization,was a descendant of one of William Pennsassociates and himself a Quaker. At sixty-six years of age, he w^as retired from activebusiness and devoted his time and money sovigorously to the patriots cause that the So-ciety of Friends excommunicated him as toowarlike. Samuel Wetherill, Jr., a fellowcharter member, was also a Quaker and likewise excommunicated indirectly becauseof a gift of uniforms to Washi
History of American textiles : with kindred and auxiliary industries (illustrated) . ny of Philadelphia for Pro-moting American Manufactures. Christo-pher Marshall, chairman of the organization,was a descendant of one of William Pennsassociates and himself a Quaker. At sixty-six years of age, he w^as retired from activebusiness and devoted his time and money sovigorously to the patriots cause that the So-ciety of Friends excommunicated him as toowarlike. Samuel Wetherill, Jr., a fellowcharter member, was also a Quaker and likewise excommunicated indirectly becauseof a gift of uniforms to Washingtons Armyat Valley Forge. So firm were these men intheir patriotism that they banded togethernot only for textile production, a crying needof the colonists, but also for worship analo-gous with the faith of the Friends and calledby their adherents Free Quakers, and popu-larly Fighting Quakers. The textile societydrew its members from the ranks of the FreeQuakers and successfully plied its trade un-til Philadelphia was occupied by the business was not resumed, but in. WILLIAM AMORYPresident of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Com-pany from 1837 to 1876 August, 1 787, Tench Coxe organized a sec-ond society called the Pennsylvania Societyfor the Encouragement of the Useful Coxe was a prominent young merchantin Philadelphia. Business courtesy, he felt,forbade him entering actively into the Revo-lution, but his heart and soul went out tohis fellow countrymen. At the close of thewar, he eagerly served in the Federal Con-vention and as Assistant Secretary of theTreasury, continuing in active public serviceuntil 1812. Under his flattering tongue andpen, cotton became a desirable commercialproduct instead of a garden ornament, andcultivation was boomed in the SouthernStates. To prove his honeyed words ofprosperity to cotton producers, Mr. Coxe 35 HISTORY OF AMERICAN TEXTILES. emptied his own pockets to import Englishmachines and laborers to run them. Forthirty years he
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