calico-making

Updated: May 11, 2025

It was then customary previous to the introduction of the factory system for industrious yeomen with families to employ the time not occupied in the fields in weaving at home; and Robert Peel accordingly began the domestic trade of calico-making. He was honest, and made an honest article; thrifty and hardworking, and his trade prospered.

Samuel Smiles - Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance