SLATER, SAMUEL
\slˈe͡ɪtə], \slˈeɪtə], \s_l_ˈeɪ_t_ə]\
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(1768-1835), came to America from England in 1789 to introduce cotton machinery in the American States. His machinery was constructed from memory, as communication of models of English machinery was forbidden. He started his new cotton-spinning machinery at Pawtucket, R. I., in 1790, which was the beginning of cotton manufacture in America. He established mills at Webster and Slaterville, Mass.
By John Franklin Jameson
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