[66] Records of Fort St George, Despatches from England, 1670-1677, pp. 4, 27 et seq. Ure, Cotton Manufacture, i., p. 355, 1861 edition.
[67] S.P.D., Petition Entry Book, i., p. 96. S.P.D., Warrant Book, xxxv., p. 434.
[68] Ibid., H.O. Warrant Book, vi., p. 335.
[69] Ibid., p. 115.
[70] Ibid., Petition Entry Book, i., p. 154.
[71] Ibid., H.O. Warrant Book, vi., p. 125.
[72] Ibid., Petition Entry Book, i., p. 178.
[73] Ibid., H.O. Warrant Book, vi., p. 164. For a reference to this patent see French, Life and Times of Samuel Crompton (1859), pp. 233-234.
[74] S.P.D., Petition Entry Book, i., p. 198. It is apparent that it was much the same set of men who were interested in all Barkstead’s schemes. Another assistant in the silk-winding company appeared with Barkstead as assistant in the copper mines company. I have been unable to find any trace of the cotton company, and Professor W. R. Scott informs me that he does not think the company was actually floated even if a charter was granted. By those acquainted with the exhaustive character of Professor Scott’s work his statement will be regarded as conclusive.
[76] Scott, ibid., iii., pp. 450-452.