. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure Io.—An Original Scholfield Wool-Carding ai .Sii \ , Sturbridge, Massachusetts. It is now run by electricity. {Pholo courtesy of Old Sturbridge Village.) tlic mill was purchased at a Sheriff's sale by Gorham Parsons, who sold a part interest to Paul Moody, a machinist from the textile town of Lowell. Moody operated the mill for the next 5 years and at his death in 1831 his heirs sold their interest back to Parsons. In 1832 it was leased for 7 years by William N. Cleveland and Solomon Wilde under the name
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure Io.—An Original Scholfield Wool-Carding ai .Sii \ , Sturbridge, Massachusetts. It is now run by electricity. {Pholo courtesy of Old Sturbridge Village.) tlic mill was purchased at a Sheriff's sale by Gorham Parsons, who sold a part interest to Paul Moody, a machinist from the textile town of Lowell. Moody operated the mill for the next 5 years and at his death in 1831 his heirs sold their interest back to Parsons. In 1832 it was leased for 7 years by William N. Cleveland and Solomon Wilde under the name of William N. Cleveland & Co. Following the expira- tion of the lease in 1839, a portion of the mill was occupied for 3 or 4 years by Enoch Pearson, believed to have been a descendant of the John Pearson who had been a clothier in Rowley in 1643, and subse- quently various industries occupied other portions and later the entire building, which burned with all its contents on October 29, 1859. If the first Scholfield carding machine remained a part of the property, therefore it must have been lost in that fire. However, the Scholfields' importance to American wool manufacture was not contingent on the building of one successful carding machine, re- gardless of whether it was the first. It was the change in the scope of their business ventures after their move to Connecticut that synonymized the name of Schol- field with mechanical wool carding in America. John and Arthur had built their woolen mill at Uncasville, a village in the town of Montville, and there Arthur remained with his brother until 1801. when he married, sold his interest to John, and moved to Pittsfield, Massachusetts. John and his sons con- tinued to operate the mill until 1806, when difficulties over water privileges spurred him to purchase prop- erty in Stonington, Connecticut, where he built a PAPER 1 : SCHOLFIELD WOOL-CARDING MACHINES 11. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page im
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