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Catalogue description THE CROMPTON PAPERS
This record is held by Bolton Archives and Local Studies Service
| Reference: | ZCR |
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| Title: | THE CROMPTON PAPERS |
| Description: |
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS Collection consists of: ZCR/1 General Correspondence & Papers (1672-1790) 18 folios ZCR/2 General Correspondence & Papers (1795-1798) 12 folios ZCR/3 General Correspondence & Papers (1799) 7 folios ZCR/4 General Correspondence & Papers (1800) 7 folios ZCR/5 General Correspondence & Papers (1801) 5 folios ZCR/6 General Correspondence & Papers (1802) 6 folios ZCR/7 General Correspondence & Papers (1803) 3 folios ZCR/8 General Correspondence & Papers (1804) 1 folio ZCR/9 General Correspondence & Papers (1805) 5 folios ZCR/10 General Correspondence & Papers (1806) 3 folios ZCR/11 General Correspondence & Papers (1807) 5 folios ZCR/12 General Correspondence & Papers (1808) 19 folios ZCR/13 General Correspondence & Papers (1809) 11 folios ZCR/14 General Correspondence & Papers (1810) 17 folios ZCR/15 General Correspondence & Papers (1811) 30 folios ZCR/16A Spindle & Enquiry Papers (1811) 17 folios ZCR/16B Spindle & Enquiry Papers (1811) 12 folios ZCR/17 General Correspondence & Papers (1812) 18 folios ZCR/18 General Correspondence & Papers (1812) 18 folios ZCR/19 General Correspondence & Papers (1812) 17 folios ZCR/20 General Correspondence & Papers (1812) 16 folios ZCR/21 General Correspondence & Papers (1812) 17 folios ZCR/22 General Correspondence & Papers (1812) 12 folios ZCR/23 General Correspondence & Papers (1813) 16 folios ZCR/24 General Correspondence & Papers (1813) 16 folios ZCR/25 General Correspondence & Papers (1813) 12 folios ZCR/26 Aquisition of Letters from McConnel and Kennedy by Thomas Midgley, Bolton. (1920) 13 folios ZCR/27 General Correspondence & Papers (1814) 18 folios ZCR/28 General Correspondence & Papers (1814) 16 folios ZCR/29 General Correspondence & Papers (1815) 10 folios ZCR/30 General Correspondence & Papers (1816) 5 folios ZCR/31 General Correspondence & Papers (1817) 8 folios ZCR/32 General Correspondence & Papers (1818) 7 folios ZCR/33 General Correspondence & Papers (1819) 16 folios ZCR/34 General Correspondence & Papers (1819) 17 folios ZCR/35 General Correspondence & Papers (1820) 14 folios ZCR/36 General Correspondence & Papers (1281) 16 folios ZCR/37 General Correspondence & Papers (1822) 18 folios ZCR/38 General Correspondence & Papers (1822) 17 folios ZCR/39 General Correspondence & Papers (1823) 13 folios ZCR/40 General Correspondence & Papers (1823) 7 folios ZCR/41 General Correspondence & Papers (1824) 19 folios ZCR/42 General Correspondence & Papers (1824) 8 folios ZCR/43 General Correspondence & Papers (1825) 17 folios ZCR/44 General Correspondence & Papers (1826) 23 folios ZCR/45 General Correspondence & Papers (1827) 19 folios ZCR/46 General Correspondence & Papers (1827) 11 folios ZCR/47 General Correspondence & Papers (1828) 14 folios ZCR/48 General Correspondence & Papers (1829) 13 folios ZCR/49 General Correspondence & Papers (1830) 7 folios ZCR/50 General Correspondence & Papers (1831) 7 folios ZCR/51 General Correspondence & Papers (1832) 8 folios ZCR/52 General Correspondence & Papers (1833) 3 folios ZCR/53 General Correspondence & Papers (1834) 9 folios ZCR/54 General Correspondence & Papers (1835) 6 folios ZCR/55 General Correspondence & Papers (1836) 5 folios ZCR/56 General Correspondence & Papers (1837) 3 folios ZCR/57 General Correspondence & Papers (1838) 2 folios ZCR/58 General Correspondence & Papers (1839) 3 folios ZCR/59 General Correspondence & Papers (1840) 15 folios ZCR/60 General Correspondence & Papers (1840) 8 folios ZCR/61 General Correspondence & Papers (1841) 18 folios ZCR/62 General Correspondence & Papers (1841) 11 folios ZCR/63 General Correspondence & Papers (1842) 33 folios ZCR/64 General Correspondence & Papers (1843) 7 folios ZCR/65 General Correspondence & Papers (1844) 8 folios ZCR/66 General Correspondence & Papers (1845) 6 folios ZCR/67 General Correspondence & Papers (1846) 5 folios ZCR/68 General Correspondence & Papers (1847-1850) 4 folios ZCR/69 General Correspondence & Papers (1851-1857) 9 folios ZCR/70 General Correspondence & Papers (1858) 18 folios ZCR/71 General Correspondence & Papers (1859) 23 folios ZCR/72 General Correspondence & Papers (1859) 13 folios ZCR/73 General Correspondence & Papers (1859) 17 folios ZCR/74 General Correspondence & Papers (1859) 16 folios ZCR/75 General Correspondence & Papers (1859) 20 folios ZCR/76 General Correspondence & Papers (1859) 15 folios ZCR/77 General Correspondence & Papers (1859) 15 folios ZCR/78 General Correspondence & Papers (1859) 15 folios ZCR/79 General Correspondence & Papers (1859) 6 folios ZCR/80 General Correspondence & Papers (1860) 14 ZCR/81 General Correspondence & Papers (1860) 18 ZCR/82 General Correspondence & Papers (1860) 17 ZCR/83 General Correspondence & Papers (1860) 11 ZCR/84 General Correspondence & Papers (1862) 3 ZCR/85 Papers & Correspondence belonging to Dr. Samuel Crompton. (Biographic details of Samuel Crompton Inventor of the Mule) (1855-1860) 9 ZCR/86 Papers & Correspondence belonging to Dr. Samuel Crompton. Lancaster & Bayliffe wills. (1803) 3 ZCR/87 Papers & Correspondence belonging to Dr. Samuel Crompton. Extracts from books and papers. (1825-1858) 13 ZCR/88 Papers & Correspondence belonging to Dr. Samuel Crompton. Medical papers and recipes. (1860) 6 ZCR/89 Papers & Correspondence belonging to Dr. Samuel Crompton. Miscellaneous. UNDATED 25 ZCR/90 Correspondence concerning Commemorative Tablets for Samuel Crompton and Richard Arkwright in Bolton. (1926-1927) 17 ZCR/91 General Correspondence & Papers concerning 'Crompton's clock'. (1841-1934 17 ZCR/92 General Correspondence & Papers. Pedigree. Cromptons of Breightmet (1841-1859) 17 ZCR/93 General Correspondence & Papers. Pedigree. Cromptons of Tonge. (1775-1846) 18 ZCR/94 General Correspondence & Papers. Letters in shorthand. (1814-1927) 17 ZCR/95 General Correspondence & Papers. Mr. Walter Crompton of Astley Bridge. (1872-1928) 17 ZCR/96 General Correspondence & Papers. S. Douglas Crompton. Pedigree of Samuel Crompton (Inventor) (1926-1929) 9 ZCR/97 General Correspondence & Papers. Claim by Mrs J. McCarthy of Australia to be descended from Samuel Crompton. Inventor (1927-1929) 11 ZCR/98 General Correspondence & Papers. Various claims of descent to Samuel Crompton Inventor. (1927-1928) 38 ZCR/99 General Correspondence & Papers, Miscellaneous, Letters & Notes. (1926-1927) 11 ZCR/100 Account Books (1750-1852) 31 ZCR/101 Miscellaneous Books. (1805-1953) 15 ZCR/102 Papers & Documents relating to the New Jerusalem Church & The Doctrines of Emanuel Swedenborg. (1806-1860) 19 ZCR/103 Mounted Documents (1803-1827) 8 |
| Date: | 1672-1929 |
| Held by: | Bolton Archives and Local Studies Service, not available at The National Archives |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical description: | 103 Sub fonds |
| Access conditions: |
Searchers wishing to have access to the papers must notify the Archivist in advance. |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
The Crompton Papers were transferred from the Museum to the Archives in 1978. This listing follows closely the Museum arrangement of the material. |
| Custodial history: |
The records listed below consist chiefly of the papers of Mrs J.J. Irving of Blackburn, widow of a descendant of Samuel Crompton, which were given to Bolton Museum in 1927. They also include photocopies of Crompton material preserved in the British Library Department of Manuscripts (Egerton MSS 2409), together with correspondence, genealogical and antiquarian notes and memoranda compiled by a former Curator of Bolton Museum, Thomas Midgeley. |
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Samuel Crompton, inventor of the spinning machine known as 'The Mule' was born at Firwood Fold in the Township of Tonge-with-Haulgh, Parish of Bolton-le-Moors, in 1753. At the age of 5, he and his family took up residence at the deserted manor house known as Hall i'th' Wood, and it was there that he completed his invention in 1779. In 1780, he married Mary Pimlott, and soon afterwards moved to a farmhouse called Oldhams in the neighbouring Township of Sharples. In 1791, Samuel rented a house in King Street, Bolton, where he wove muslin cloth. His wife died in 1796, leaving eight children. About this time, he joined the Swedenborgian (New Jerusalem) Church, recently established in Little Bolton, for which he composed a number of hymn tunes. Unlike Arkwright and other inventors, Crompton had never been able to secure a patent for the Mule, and from about 1807 he began a series of attempts to gain financial recognition as the inventor of the machine which had done so much to revolutionise cotton spinning. In support of his claim, he undertook a journey of enquiry through the textile districts in 1811, recording information relating to the use of the Mule, Water Frame and Spinning Jenny. In 1812, he was awarded the sum of £5,000 by Parliament. None of Crompton's business ventures proved successful, and he died at his house in King Street a comparatively poor man in 1827. |
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