John Marshall was a British businessman and politician. John joined the family business when he was seventeen. Five years later his father Jeremiah died and John became the controlling partner in the company. He also inherited a new house, a warehouse, and £7,500. Shortly before his father's death John heard that two men from Darlington, John Kendrew, a glass-grinder, and Thomas Porthouse, a watchmaker, had registered a patent for a new Flax Spinning Machine. Wikipedia
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