Lamb's textile industry of the United States, embracing biographical sketches of prominment men and a historical résumé of the progress of textile manufacture from the earliest records to the present time; . d when afew years older, and spent the ensuing three years in P. Wbitin & SonsMill in North Uxbridge, in a mill at Wauregan, Conn., and at the SacoWater Power Co., Biddeford, Me., in acquiring a practical knowledge ofthe details of all the departments of cotton manufacturing. His work inthese directions was brought to a close August 9, 1861, by his enlistmentin a volunteer company that was
Lamb's textile industry of the United States, embracing biographical sketches of prominment men and a historical résumé of the progress of textile manufacture from the earliest records to the present time; . d when afew years older, and spent the ensuing three years in P. Wbitin & SonsMill in North Uxbridge, in a mill at Wauregan, Conn., and at the SacoWater Power Co., Biddeford, Me., in acquiring a practical knowledge ofthe details of all the departments of cotton manufacturing. His work inthese directions was brought to a close August 9, 1861, by his enlistmentin a volunteer company that was being recruited through the inspiration andefforts of his father. The Hopedale Company became the Twenty-fifthMassachusetts Volunteers, young Draper being chosen second war record was a brilliant one, and is chronicled elsewhere. (SeeRecollections of a Varied Career. William F. Draper. .\lso NationalBiography, Volume VI). His term of service expired October 12, -1864,and he was honorably discharged, with the brevets of colonel and brigadier-general for gallant service during the war. General Draper then enteredthe employ of the firm of E. D. & G. Draper at Hopedale. This /fe_ a A^. OF THE UNITED STATES 28s formed in 1852, was composed of his uncle, Eben D. Draper, and his father,George Draper, who had succeeded their father Ira in 1825, Ira Draperhaving been in business from 1816 as the inventor and maker of revolvingtemples and looms. General Draper in 1868 bought out the interest of hisuncle, Eben D. Draper, and the firm of George Draper & Son came intoexistence. In 1887, George A. Draper, the second son of George Draper,was admitted and the firm name became George Draper & Sons, and in1880, Eben S. Draper, the third son of George Draper, became a 1887, George Draper, the senior member of the firm, died, and WilliamF. Draper, Jr., the eldest son of General Draper, was admitted to partner-ship. In 1189, George Otis Draper, the second son of
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