Wright, Craig and Booth
Richard Wright, [[William Craig (2)[William Craig]] and John Booth
1840 'NOTICE is hereby given, that the Co-partnership, trade or businesses heretofore carried on betwixt the undersigned, Richard Wright, William Craig and John Booth, as Machine and Tool Makers, at Charles-street, within Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, under the style or firm of Wright, Craig, and Booth, was dissolved, by mutual consent, on the 12th day of December instant, so far as regards the said William Craig. All debts due and owing from the said partnership will be received and paid by the said Richard Wright and John Booth, by whom the said businesses will in future be carried out.— Dated this 18th day of December 1840. [1]
1841: Pigot & Slater's Directory of Manchester & Salford, 1841 lists William Craig as a machine maker and maker of patent self-acting temples, 19 Sidney Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock, and Richard Wright, machine maker, same address. See also John Booth (of Manchester)
1842 February 15th. Bankruptcy? 'John Booth, formerly a Lodger at No. 25 Canal-street, Chorlton-street, Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, afterwards residing at No. 5, Hurlbut-street, Hulme, Manchester aforesaid, then of No. 8, Clare-street, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Manchester aforesaid, then a Lodger in Richmond-street, Manchester aforesaid, then a Lodger at No. 12, Minshull-street, Manchester aforesaid, Foreman or Manager to Joseph Whitworth and Company, Engineers and Machinists, Chorlton-street aforesaid, then residing at No. 94, Newcastle-street, Hulme aforesaid, at the same time carrying on business at Charles-street Mill, Brook-street, Manchester aforesaid, in copartnership with Richard Wright and William Craig, as Engineers, Machinists, and Mechanical Tool Makers, and Manufacturers of J. S. Worth's Patent Rotary Pump and Hay Cutting Machine, under the firm of Wright, Craig, and Booth, afterwards in copartnership with the said Richard Wright only, under the firm of Wright and Booth, then residing at No. 18, Chester-street, Hulme aforesaid, at the same time carrying on the above business at Charles street Mill aforesaid, under a deed of inspection, in the name of John Booth, and late a Lodger at No. 71,. Newcastle-street aforesaid, out of business.'[2]