Samuel Oldknow & Co, cotton spinners and weavers

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Date:	1782-1843
Places:	Mellor, Lancashire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Textiles > Cotton
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C103639 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B3871 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1782-1815: corresp, wage rolls, flesh books, apprenticeship agreements, truck tickets, wages slips	Columbia University Libraries: Rare Book and Manuscript Library	ERA Seligman collection	See HMC Records of British business and industry 1760-1914 textiles and leather, 1990
2	1782-1821: corresp, accounts, notebooks, time books, production and other records	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	SO	NRA 43112 Oldknow
3	1787-1811: corresp, pay-tickets, receipts, ledgers, accounts and memoranda books, etc	Johns Hopkins University Libraries	Ms.Hut 9	See information from website
4	1797-c1843: corresp with London Friendly Hospital about apprentices (microfilm)	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	MF1020
5	1791-94: weavers pay slips	Stockport Archive Service	B/JJ/6/26	NRA 27964 Stockport Lib
6	1789-93: orders for payments to weavers	Lancashire Archives	DDX 199	NRA 3510 Lancs RO misc