COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
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Image Number:
SO_1_150.pdf
Reference Number:
SO/1/150
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Series Title:
Correspondence
Parent Work Title:
Letter from Thomas Horsfield
Creator:
Horsfield, Thomas
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1788-09-24
Description:
Letter from Thomas Horsfield [SO's manager at Anderton]; raises doubts about amount of money sent to him (£87.5.0) which is insufficient; gives an account of the situation at the Anderton enterprise. He says SO did not mention sending any cotton 'but hope Henry did not forget to tell you as we have very little but East India and if we must spin any warps I think we had better keep it for that purpose'; reports that great number of weavers have applied for work including most of SO's old weavers; equipment shortage of gears and healds with the latter being needed for the finer warps. He reports that Mr Clayton was to have come over last week, until he learnt SO would not be in the house. He has ordered a cash book at Reddish, and he desires the money for it be sent.Provides a list of the weavers who have got work, and those requiring reeds, and says once they have these reeds they will have eighteen weavers; as SO told him not to exceed twenty, wants to know if should take in any more; also wishes to see Oldknow to decide which should be spinning and weaving days; he believes Saturday and Tuesday should be for weaving, and Wednesday and Thursday for spinning and the goods to be sent to Stockport on Friday.
Language Code:
eng-GB
Language:
English
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Correspondence
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
England: Cheshire: Anderton
Time Period Covered:
18th Century CE
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
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2014-08-07
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2014-08
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
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