Luke Taft (3 June 1783 – 7 April 1863 at Uxbridge, Massachusetts) was an industrial pioneer in the manufacture of woolens in 19th century New England.
Read more about Luke Taft: Family, Pioneered Two Textile Mills, A 200-year Family Enterprise, Historic Context
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“I too decided, after investigating everything carefully from the very first, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may know the truth concerning the things about which you have been instructed.”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 1:3,4.
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—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)