A BRIEF MEMOIR 



OF 



SAMUEL CROMPTON; 



WITH A 



DESCRIPTION OF HIS MACHINE CALLED THE MULE, 



AMD OF THE 



Subsequent improvement of the Machine by others. 



BY JOHN KENNEDY, ESQ. 



(Read Febraary 201.b, 1830.) 



Samuel CROMPTON was bom on the 3rd 

 December, 1753, at Firwood, near Bolton in 

 Lancashire, where his father held a farm of small 

 extent i and, as was customary in those days, 

 employed a portion of his time in weaving, 

 carding, and spinning. During the infancy of 

 Samuel Crompton, the family removed to Hall- 

 in-the-Wood, which was the scene of his early 

 inventions. 



His parents were very respectable in their 

 station of life, and taught him to read and write. 



