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resumed direct control, it was seized by the Caves for non-payment of rent in 1761 after Paul's death in 1759, and there is no evidence of cotton-spinning on the site beyond this date. By 1768 the mill was in the possession of "William
Faulkner and Thomas Harris, millers" and by 1774 the yard was occupied by a shoemaker. The fate of the mill's spinning machinery is not known, but there are indications that it was acquired or at least seen by
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projected annual profits of up to £599 with plans for twelve machines; by
October of the same year only 50 of the planned 100 hands were working and the projected annual profit had declined to £113. Wyatt commented at the time that "The Cards and Carding, extremely ill maniged", "The Dirt and Cotton spread ab' the Rooms and the Pathways near the Mill is surprising" and "The Superintendant seems a very indifferent Maniger".
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cotton industry, who had also held licences to operate Paul's machinery since 1742 and had set up a second
Birmingham mill, possibly in Fazeley Street, in 1744. Touchet made no profit, however, and in 1756 the mill and its machinery was advertised for sale. Eventually re-let to Lewis Paul, who
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as the factory's "operator", in overall charge of the operation, as well as a manager Mr
Harrison in charge of its day-to-day functioning, and a foreman Mr Newton, who had been involved in the earlier Birmingham mill. The operation was far from smooth however: records from April 1743 indicate
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