The Arkwrights: Spinners of FortuneRichard Arkwright was born in Preston in 1732. He married Patience Holt in 1755 and had a son, Richard, in the same year. After Patience's death in 1756, he married Margaret Biggens in 1761. He passed away in 1792, and was buried at Smelting Mill Green, close to Cromford Bridge. |
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Arkwright in Lancashire | 1 |
Partners and patents | 22 |
The Arkwright empire | 50 |
Arkwright on the offensive | 91 |
The Arkwright system | 146 |
The knights last years | 182 |
a fortune made | 224 |
a family founded | 254 |
Bibliography | 300 |
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