[323] Wheeler, History of Manchester (1842), p. 521.
[324] Ibid., pp. 521-522, where the names of the firms are given.
[325] Espinasse, ibid., pp. 428-431.
[326] Trial, 25th June 1785, p. 100.
[327] Ibid., p. 102. J.H.C., xxxviii., p. 687.
[328] Manchester Mercury, 12th February 1782. J.H.C., xxxviii., p. 865.
[329] Manchester Mercury, 16th April 1782.
[330] Ibid., 11th February 1783.
[331] Espinasse, ibid., p. 431.
[332] Arkwright versus Nightingale. Espinasse, ibid., pp. 435-437.