when did the first factories take place
The First American Factories. Slater Mill, founded in 1793 by Samuel Slater, is now used as a museum dedicated to textile manufacturing. There was more than one kind of frontier and one kind of pioneer in early America.rom these humble beginnings to the time of the Civil War there were over two million spindles in over 1200 cotton factories and 1500 woolen factories in the United States. Dear Father, I received your letter on Thursday the 14th with much pleasure. I am well, which is one comfort.