Slater family.
Biographical notes:
Samuel Slater (1768-1835), in connection with Moses Brown, established the first cotton mill in the United States in 1791 in Pawtucket, R.I. He was subsequently joined by his brother John Slater (1776-1843). They established a series of cotton and woolen mills in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut which were continued by their descendants.
From the description of Business records, 1793-1926 (inclusive) [microform]. (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269599318
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Subjects:
- Cotton manufacture
- General stores
- Industry
- Iron industry and trade
- Manufactures
- Textile industry
- Wool industry
Occupations:
- Manufacturer
- Textile worker
Places:
- Massachusetts--Webster (as recorded)
- Massachusetts--Dudley (as recorded)
- Rhode Island (as recorded)
- Rhode Island--Providence (as recorded)
- Massachusetts--Wilkinsonville (as recorded)
- New England (as recorded)
- Massachusetts--Oxford (as recorded)
- Massachusetts--South Oxford (as recorded)
- Rhode Island--Warwick (as recorded)
- Massachusetts (as recorded)
- Rhode Island--North Providence (as recorded)
- Rhode Island--Slatersville (as recorded)
- Rhode Island--Smithfield (Town) (as recorded)
- New York (N.Y.) (as recorded)
