Moses Brown

American businessman

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    In United States: Beginnings of industrialization

    Moses Brown (later benefactor of the College of Rhode Island, renamed Brown University in honor of his nephew Nicholas) was looking to invest some of his family’s mercantile fortune in the textile business. New England wool and southern cotton were readily available, as was water…

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