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PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
HISTORICAL SERIES
No. XXXVI
THE EARLY
ENGLISH COTTON INDUSTRY
Published by the University of Manchester at
THE UNIVERSITY PRESS (H. M. McKechnie, Secretary)
12 Lime Grove, Oxford Road, MANCHESTER
LONGMANS, GREEN & CO.
London: 39 Paternoster Row
New York: 443-449 Fourth Avenue and Thirtieth Street
Chicago: Prairie Avenue and Twenty-fifth Street
Bombay: 8 Hornby Road
Calcutta: 6 Old Court House Street
Madras: 167 Mount Road
STATUE OF SAMUEL CROMPTON
NELSON SQUARE, BOLTON
On the base there is a representation of Hall-i’-th’-Wood
which can just be distinguished in the photograph
THE EARLY
ENGLISH COTTON INDUSTRY
WITH SOME UNPUBLISHED LETTERS OF
SAMUEL CROMPTON
BY
GEORGE W. DANIELS, M.A.
SENIOR LECTURER IN ECONOMICS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER BY
GEORGE UNWIN, M.A.
PROFESSOR OF ECONOMIC HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
MANCHESTER: AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
12 LIME GROVE, OXFORD ROAD
LONGMANS, GREEN & CO.
LONDON, NEW YORK, BOMBAY, ETC.
1920
PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
No. CXXXIII
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PREFACE
In view of what is said by Professor Unwin in his introductorychapter concerning the business material of thefirm of M‘Connel & Kennedy, the reason why this smallvolume has been written requires little explanation.From the time this material was kindly placed at ourdisposal by Mr. J. W. M‘Connel, grandson of one of thefounders of the firm, my interest has been centred mainlyin the development of the English cotton industry fromits beginning to about the end of