Boston Manufacturing Co., Waltham, Massachusetts

Boston Manufacturing Company was organized during the War of 1812 by Boston merchants previously engaged in the India trade. It built at Waltham, Massachusetts the first complete textile factory in America, combining power spinning and weaving, on looms invented by one of the proprietors. This proved a pilot plant for the larger factories later built at Lowell. Image File history File linksMetadata Boston_Manufacturing_Company. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Boston_Manufacturing_Company. ... Combatants United States Native Americans United Kingdom Canadian colonial forces Native Americans First Nations Peoples Commanders James Madison Winfield Scott Andrew Jackson Isaac Brock† George Prevost Tecumseh† Strength •U.S. Regular Army: 35,800 •Rangers: 3,049 •Militia: 458,463* •US Navy & US Marines: (at start of war): •Frigates:3... Often called the true birthplace of the industrial revolution, Waltham is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. ...   Settled: 1653 â€“ Incorporated: 1826 Zip Code(s): 01852 â€“ Area Code(s): 351 / 978 Official website: http://www. ...

Source: Dictionary of American History by James Truslow Adams, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940 James Truslow Adams (1878 - 1949) was a U.S. historian. ...