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Updated: August 22, 2026

But hearing that the militia warrant-officers were still searching for him, he became uneasy and determined to take refuge in London. He trudged all the way on foot to that great hiding-place, and first tried Holtzapffel's, the famous tool-maker's, but failing in his application he next went to Maudslay's and succeeded in getting employment.

Samuel Smiles - Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers