[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.