Milnes, John

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Epithet: of Add MS 32695

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000474.0x000256

Wright was superintendent at the Lowell Manufacturing Company, Lowell, Mass. The company made handwoven carpets until 1842, after which the Bigelow carpet (power) loom was employed.

From the description of [Letter] 1845 Nov. 6, Natchez, Miss. : [to] Alexander Wright, Lowell, Mass. / [from] John Milnes. (American Textile History Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 50985380

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Subjects:

  • African Americans
  • Carpets
  • Cotton
  • Cotton fabrics
  • Textile industry
  • Textile workers

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Places:

  • Natchez (Miss.) (as recorded)
  • Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire (as recorded)
  • London, England (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Lowell (as recorded)
  • Littlehampton, Sussex (as recorded)
  • East Retford, Nottinghamshire (as recorded)
  • Hambledon, Hampshire (as recorded)
  • Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (as recorded)
  • Hastings, Sussex (as recorded)
  • Lewes, Sussex (as recorded)
  • Mississippi--Natchez (as recorded)
  • San Domingo, the Carribean (as recorded)
  • Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (as recorded)
  • Chichester, Sussex (as recorded)
  • Hastings, Sussex (as recorded)