Moses Brown (Classic Reprint): His Life and Services; A Sketch, Read Before the Rhode Island Historical Society, October 18, 1892 - Couverture souple

Jones, Augustine

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1333398719 ISBN 13 : 9781333398712

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Trailblazer of industry and public service, this portrait of Moses Brown links Rhode Island’s rise to a nation’s early experiments in manufacture and liberty.

This book collects a detailed sketch of a Providence native who lived from 1738 to 1836, a maker, investor, and community leader. It highlights his role in forming enterprises that helped launch American cotton manufacturing and his support for education and civic improvements. The narrative centers on his partnership with Samuel Slater and local workmen, his financial backing, and the faith he placed in practical, fair-minded progress. It also covers his public life, including service in the colonial assembly and his responses to pivotal events leading up to and during the Revolutionary era. Throughout, the emphasis is on character, foresight, and the ways one life can shape a city and a country.

What you will experience

• Insights into how early American industry took root in Rhode Island.


• Details on the partnership that helped bring water-powered cotton spinning to the United States.


• Scenes of public leadership, civic projects, and a life of generosity and quiet influence.


• Context for the values of education, enterprise, and public-spirited philanthropy in the era.

Ideal for readers of American history, Rhode Island lore, and biographies of industrial pioneers.

Ideal for readers of history buffs, scholars of early American manufacturing, and those curious about the people who helped shape new England’s economy and public life.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Leopold Classic Library is delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive collection. As part of our on-going commitment to delivering value to the reader, we have also provided you with a link to a website, where you may download a digital version of this work for free. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. Whilst the books in this collection have not been hand curated, an aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature. As a result of this book being first published many decades ago, it may have occasional imperfections. These imperfections may include poor picture quality, blurred or missing text. While some of these imperfections may have appeared in the original work, others may have resulted from the scanning process that has been applied. However, our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. While some publishers have applied optical character recognition (OCR), this approach has its own drawbacks, which include formatting errors, misspelt words, or the presence of inappropriate characters. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with an experience that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic book, and that the occasional imperfection that it might contain will not detract from the experience.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1333398719
• ISBN 13: 9781333398712
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 51
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