Ogden, _Description of Manchester_, 26-29, 37-39, 40, 73, 74_n._, 80_n._, 94_n._, 95_n._ Oldham, a centre of fustian manufacture, 56 Oldknow, S., made fine fabrics, muslins, etc., 129_n._, 130-131, 172 Orr, W. and J., 172 Owen, Robert, apprenticeship, 129_n._; connection with New Lanark Mills, 106; began to manufacture mules, 126, 127; spinner of thread from rovings, 124_n._; _Autobiography_, 106_n._, 124_n._, 125_n._, 126_n._, 129_n._, 150_n._ P Papplewick, first steam cotton-mill at, 81 Patents, general dislike of, prevalent, 118 Paul, Lewis, first patent embodying idea of spinning by rollers, 76, 111; but not very successful, 76-77; second patent (1758), 77; invented pinking-machine, 77; carding-machine of, 77-78, 111 Peel, Robert, of yeoman class, 142; experimented with carding-machines, 78; his machinery destroyed, 92_n._; opposition to Arkwright’s patents, 102-120; opposed Irish commercial propositions, 104; number of employees (1784), 104; failed to persuade Crompton to join his business, 149; exerted himself on Crompton’s behalf, 149, 167, 175, 176, 184, 192, 193; evidence to Committee on Crompton’s petition, 186; his opinion valued by Government, 174 Peel, Robert, junior, 172 Peel, Yates & Co., 172 Penistone cloth, 6 Perceval, Spencer, his part in Crompton’s appeal to Parliament, 174-176, 178; assassination of, 157 Percival, T., accused of assisting check-weavers’ combination, 47; proposals for settlement, 48-52; _Letter to a Friend_, 46-51, 56_n._, 57_n._ Peterborough, opposition to Manchester Act (1736), 24 Petitions, for import of cotton wool (1654), 12-13; against import of cotton fabrics, 20; of fustian manufacturers, 23; of Lancashire clothiers, 31; against truck payments, 36; from travelling merchants against being classed as hawkers, 61; on account of distress (1780), 88-89; of silk manufacturers regarding decline of trade, 98_n._; for and against Arkwright’s patents, 102-103; from Weymouth against prohibition of calicoes, etc., 21; from Manchester and Bolton (1808) for peace, 154-155; from Blackburn and Preston (1812) against continuance of war, 156 Piacenza, light cottons of, xxii. Pitman, _Development of British West Indies_, 88_n._ Pococke, _Travels Through England_, 28_n._ Pollard, J., 127 Power-loom, 125, 140 Price, W. H., “On Beginning of Cotton Industry in England,” 8_n._, 9_n._, 195_n._, 197_n._ Proctor, _Memorials of Bygone Manchester_, 25_n._ Putting-out system, 56, 143 Q _Quarterly Journal of Economics_, 8_n._ R Radcliffe, _Origin of Power-Loom Weaving_, xxix., 56_n._, 59_n._, 60, 133, 135, 136, 142; helped to make power-loom practicable, 140_n._ Raines and Sutton, _Life of Humphrey Chetham_, 34, 35, 59_n._