[Broadus Mitchell collection, 1928-1929].

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[Broadus Mitchell collection, 1928-1929].

The collection of Johns Hopkins professor of economics and historian, Broadus Mitchell, consists of three items all related to his research for a published work, "William Gregg, Factory Master of the Old South," published in 1928. Included is a letter to Gregg's daughter and two letters describing the purchase of the business records of Samuel Oldknow, an English mill owner.

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Oldknow, Samuel 1756-1828

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Epithet: of Melior British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000357.0x00026d Samuel Oldknow was an English industrialist, the first successful maker of British muslin. He was born in Anderton, Lancashire in 1756. After serving an apprenticeship, he set up as manufacturer of cotton goods and fustians in Anderton. In 1781, as the cotton industry became mechanized, Oldknow began producing muslin pro...

Mitchell, Broadus, 1892-1988

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Broadus Mitchell, economist, historian, and liberal thinker, taught until 1939 at Johns Hopkins University, from 1947 to spring 1958 at Rutgers University, and from fall 1958 to 1967 at Hofstra University. He was the son of educator, Samuel Chiles Mitchell (1864-1948) and brother of educator, Morris R. Mitchell (1895-1976) and labor leader, George Sinclair Mitchell (1902-1962). His second wife was economist Louise Pearson Mitchell (1906- ). From the description of Broadus Mitchell pa...

Gregg, William, 1800-1867

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Author, manufacturer, and public official of South Carolina. From the description of Papers of William Gregg, 1843-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454985 ...