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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D978
TitleArkwright family of Cromford
Date[20th cent]
DescriptionCopies of 18th-19th cent Arkwright papers, divided into:
Business papers (e.g. regarding patent infringements, plans of Masson Mill, price list for cotton thread)
Estate papers (e.g. articles of agreement with Cromford Canal Company)
Family papers (e.g. marriage settlements, children's letters home from school)
Official papers (e.g. accounts of Richard Arkwright as Sheriff of Derbyshire)
Simpson family papers (e.g. copy of Samuel's will leaving money to Richard Arkwright, his brother-in-law)
Title deeds and other documents
LevelFonds
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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Archive CreatorArkwright family of Cromford
Custodial HistoryThese copies were made from the originals, held privately, by Derbyshire Record Office in September 1971.
Organisation Sub-TypeCopies and ephemera
Finding Aids.
TermTextiles
Manufacturing industry
Cotton textile industry

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Related Names
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Arkwright; Sir; Richard (1732-1792); knight, inventor and engineer
Places
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Cromford 
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