In the evening of Saturday 18th April 1812, a spinning factory at Bolton belonging to Roger Holland & Co - the second largest cotton spinning business in the area - was set alight. The fire, however, was discovered and extinguished before it could take hold.
The information about this attempt at arson is contained in a letter from John Pilkington, a brewer & Deputy Lieutenant at Bolton, to the Earl of Derby, which can be found at HO 42/122.
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