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Being, however, a partner with his father in the wool business, and observing that manufactures were rapidly extending in the neighbourhood, he withdrew from the partnership, and commenced business at Bradford as a wool-spinner. He was one of the first to observe the uses of Alpaca wool. Large quantities of that material were stored at Liverpool, imported from the Brazils.
"Poor Jacob!" he crooned, "he has sold his birthright for a mess of pottage! Don't touch that paper, Crewe, or you die the death!" His hand leapt out and snatched the transfer, which he thrust into the hand of the wool-spinner. "Get out and go home, my poor sheep," he said, "back to the blankets! Do you think they'd be satisfied with one mill?
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