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for a patent for an invention - a new method of producing sewing thread from cotton. The patent was issued in the name of "Mrs Samuel Slater". By creating a more robust thread, Hannah's invention contributed to improving the quality and durability of textile products. This innovation was particularly
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Beyond her contributions to textile innovation, Hannah Slater was also active in her community. She participated in religious and welfare organizations in
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cotton. While Samuel intended to use this yarn to produce cloth, Hannah and her sister saw a different potential. Using a hand spinning wheel, they spun the yarn into thread, which turned out to be stronger than traditional linen thread and the resulting thread proved to be stronger than linen
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Oziel and Lydia were initially against Hannah marrying someone who was not a Quaker; however they relented and on
October 2, 1791, Hannah and Samuel were married. In the same year, Samuel opened his own mill in the area and began to build machinery for manufacturing textiles, modeled after the
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Slater died in 1812 about two weeks after the birth of her last child, from complications of childbirth. She was 37 years old. Her husband wrote in his memoirs that after her death "the poor lamented her, whose charities and kindness they had experienced". Slater was buried at
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Slater gave birth to 10 children, four of whom died in infancy or childhood. The known children and their years of birth are
William (b. 1796), Elizabeth (b. 1798), Mary (b. 1801), Samuel (b. 1802), George (b. 1804), John (b. 1805), Horatio (b. 1808), William (b. 1809) and Thomas (b. 1812).
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society, with her sister Lydia as one of its directors. Her involvement in these organizations demonstrated her commitment to improving the social and spiritual well-being of her community.
62:, an industrialist. Brown recommended the Wilkinson home as a suitable place for Samuel Slater to board when he arrived in the area in early 1790. At the time, Hannah was 15 years old.
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