The cover image was adapted from the original by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. The listed errata have been corrected in the text.
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.
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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